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Johnny Depp 'totally devastated' by Jeff Beck's death after 'visiting pal's bedside'

Johnny Depp is said to have been one of a number of rockstars to have visited guitarist Jeff Beck shortly before he died from bacterial meningitis

Daily Mirror

What is meningitis? The illness Jeff Beck contracted before his death

Dr Tom Nutt said Beck’s sudden death was a reminder about the ‘devastating’ disease.

The Independent UK

Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78

Guitarist Jeff Beck was among a wave of influential English guitar players in love with American blues. He died on Tuesday, January 10 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Jeff Beck dies at 78

English guitar legend Jeff Beck, a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has died at the age of 78. The cause appears to have been a sudden case of bacterial meningitis.

Tribune News Service

Legendary Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck suddenly dies aged 78

Beck died after 'suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis'

Manchester Evening News

Newark mum whose premature baby boy caught meningitis makes bags to help parents in neonatal wards

'It's so nice just being able to help'

Nottingham Post

Surgeon’s hope for children needing new limbs 10 years after first UK hand transplant

Sepsis and meningitis victims ‘would greatly benefit’ says Prof Simon Kay

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Teen who contracted meningitis at just weeks old doesn't let it stop her partying

Eva now has additional needs but it doesn't stop her love of dancing and singing

Liverpool Echo

Girl, 16, dies from meningitis after spending up to 16 hours on hospital trolley

Aoife Johnston, 16, died of meningitis after waiting 16 hours on a trolley at University Hospital Limerick with the Department of Public Health Mid-West launching an investigation

Daily Mirror

Taoiseach wants swift investigation to find if Clare teen's death from meningitis was preventable

Aoife Johnston died last week after being left on a trolley for 16 hours.

Irish Mirror

Lochmaben tot who was hospitalised twice within weeks of being born celebrates first Christmas

Grayson Thorburn battled two serious illnesses and went through a lumbar puncture before being diagnosed with viral meningitis

Daily Record

Lidl customers told to not eat smoked salmon as products pulled from shelves days before Christmas over contamination fears

Lidl has warned shoppers not to eat any items from the list as they could cause potentially serious health issues

Manchester Evening News

Close contacts being informed after teenage girl dies from meningitis in Co Clare

Tributes have been paid to the 16-year-old after her tragic death

Irish Mirror

Signs of meningitis to watch out for after Irish teenager dies from infection

Close contacts of the teenager are being identified and offered treatment

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Appeal for more living organ donors after woman's life transformed by stranger

A WOMAN who suffered acute kidney failure after contracting bacterial meningitis has had her life trans- formed by a transplant made possible by her…

Glasgow Live

Glasgow woman who lost legs to meningitis saved by mum's 'shared' kidney donation

Seyda Oates contracted meningitis before suffering kidney failure. Her life has now changed after her mum helped get her a kidney transplant through a 'shared' donation scheme.

Daily Record

Scot who lost legs to meningitis has life transformed by mum's 'shared' kidney donation

Seyda Oates contracted bacterial meningitis in 2019 and suffered acute kidney failure, which left her needing a double leg amputation to save her life.

Wales Online

School pupils diagnosed with meningitis as close contacts given antibiotics

Public Health Wales is working with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to offer antibiotics and vaccines to pupils in years 12 and 13 at Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School in Cardiff

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Daily Mirror

Man wakes from coma with incredible new art skills he never had before brush with death

Moe Hunter, 38, has left doctors baffled after developing amazing new art skills since awaking from a coma that he entered while suffering from meningitis and tuberculosis

Edinburgh Live

Scottish teen loses hearing after emergency surgery to save his life

Ross Paterson, 15, from Dunblane, needed an operation immediately after a life-threatening skin growth was found in his ear, which is rare but if left untreated it leads to serious life-threatening complications, such as meningitis.

Irish Mirror

HSE warn of first signs of meningitis after four cases and two deaths in last seven days

Three cases are confirmed and one is possible, while two of the people affected have sadly died.

Daily Mirror

Mum issues heartbreaking warning as daughter dies six hours after meningitis symptoms

A mum has asked parents to make sure they know the signs of meningitis after her daughter died only six hours after she displayed the first symptoms of the disease

Irish Mirror

Young Irishman dead after battle with meningitis named as HSE warns of symptoms

St. Brendan's GAA summed up the feeling around the parish and led the tributes.

Irish Mirror

Irish mother in warning after daughter dies six hours after getting meningitis symptoms

Siobhan gave insight into her own experience, and discussed the night her own daughter, Ava, 4, began to display symptoms of Meningitis and died

Dublin Live

Meningitis: Doctor urges people to be vigilant of symptoms following spike in cases

There were three confirmed cases and two deaths from meningitis recorded in Ireland this week

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