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Danny Sweatman said "there are no words" to describe the loss he and his family feel after his two brothers died of meningitis. His baby brother Joe died at seven weeks old which launched the family's campaign for a free vaccine against the disease on the NHS. In 2012, Danny also lost his brother Ryan who died at 19 when at university but said it was not clear he had meningitis. "We would never have known it would happen again. Particularly the symptoms he had - they just didn't point to meningitis". Danny's story comes as all newborn babies in England and Scotland will be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September. The rest of the UK is expected to follow suit, in a scheme which is thought to be the first of its kind in the world. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on June 21 2015.
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