Meningitis tragedy sparks vaccine push after teen’s heat‑stroke misread
Emily Alker, 18, died in 2017 from a rare strain of meningitis after friends initially thought heatstroke; her mother Beth Alker has since campaigned for greater disease awareness, booster vaccines for teenagers, and better education on meningitis to prevent others from facing the same sudden tragedy, noting Emily had been set to study law at the University of Birmingham.