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Read Claudia Gill's harrowing experience with meningococcal disease, the symptoms to watch for, and the importance of early detection.

Read Claudia Gill's harrowing experience with meningococcal disease, the symptoms to watch for, and the importance of early detection.

An older adult has died after being diagnosed with deadly meningococcal disease, with two more adults recovering in hospital.

More than 1000 Australians have caught meningococcal B in the past decade. Health experts and survivors are urging that an optional and expensive vaccine be made freely available.

Brayden Chater's mother is frustrated by government inaction following a campaign to make the vaccine part of the NSW immunisation program.

After a second Christmas without her son, Stacey Chater is fighting to make the vaccine that could have saved him free for all babies and teenagers.

After a second Christmas without her son, Stacey Chater is fighting to make the vaccine that could have saved him free for all babies and teenagers.

Brayden died suddenly in his 20s. His mother is fighting for the vaccination that would have saved his life.

A week after returning from Bali, 23-year-old Bella walked into a Gold Coast hospital. She would never leave. Now her family wants a life-saving vaccine to be government funded to prevent similar tragedies.

Why is a vaccine which can help prevent a majority of meningococcal B cases not available free to all Australian children and adolescents?