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Chelsea Fox is dealt some horrifying news on EastEnders next week, as she finds out her son Jordan has been rushed to hospital amid a health scare, with staff concerned he has meningitis

A rare virus that can trigger meningitis has been detected in Germany. Experts are warning that a potential new outbreak could occurs but Borna disease is more often found in animals.

'I was planning to go clubbing on the Wednesday but I woke up and didn't feel that well, and within five hours I was in hospital'

Most rashes are a temporary nuisance that will pass with time or be treated with creams and medicines. However, some rashes can be dangerous or even deadly, but many of them have distinct features and symptoms. This is how you spot them.

Alice Jenkins, 19, woke up on May 18 with aching limbs and a temperature, and assumed she had Covid as her flatmates in halls at the University of Edinburgh had it the previous week.

Alice Jenkins, 19, thought she had coronavirus which was going around her university halls - but when she FaceTimed her mum about her unusual symptoms she was told to dial 999

Alice, from Esher, Surrey, attributed muscle pain to falling over playing netball a few days before, but when she woke up from a nap she was dripping with sweat and had a rash.

19-year-old Alice's mum recognised the symptoms and told her to dial 999

Bucks Fizz star Jay Aston, 61, said when she saw the rash on her daughter's arm she knew immediately what it was. Josie had just fifty per cent change of survival after she was rushed to hospital