Kidderminster family's meningitis warning after son's sudden death

The parents of an 18-year-old who died from meningitis just days after complaining of headaches, have called on other families to be vigilant of the disease. It comes after an outbreak in Kent, affecting three schools and a university, with two young people dead and 11 others taken to hospital since Friday. Deniz and Anthony Mills, from Kidderminster, lost their son Aaron at the beginning of the year, during a visit home from studying in Liverpool. They said they had been left "confused" when hospital staff diagnosed him with meningitis B (MenB), as they thought he had been vaccinated while at school. After checking with their GP, they learnt Aaron, like all children his age in the UK, had only been vaccinated for MenACWY, a vaccine that does not cover MenB. Recalling the days leading up to her son's death, Deniz said the family had just celebrated her husband's 50th birthday and had enjoyed a great Christmas. But on 29 December, Aaron had been "tired and a bit run down" before waking up with a headache the following day. "I could hear him pottering around in the bathroom moaning," Deniz said. "So I got up to see if he was OK and he just said he had a really bad headache. "He came