Real Stories, Real People

Healthy adult hospitalized for one month due to pneumococcal disease

18-year-old high school athlete battles with meningococcal disease

4-year-old suffered from spasms that rocked her entire body as she struggled for air due to flu

Flu attacked her heart, causing the 6-year-old to lose her life

Healthy father hospitalized and experiencing lifelong medical complications from flu

My 21-year-old daughter’s battle with meningitis

A happy, healthy 5-year-old daughter lost to the flu

A newborn’s fight against whooping cough

A mother of two learns she has pre-cancerous dysplasia caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which, if not treated, could lead to cervical cancer

Helping a friend fight pneumococcal disease

How meningococcal disease changed a mother’s life

A healthy 5-year-old boy lost to the flu