“I have to go now mom. I can’t breathe.” The last words of a backpacking son, in the grip of dengue fever, spoke to his mother on the phone in the back of a Thai ambulance

A grieving mother whose son died of dengue while traveling in Asia with friends has spoken out following a global spike in the deadly virus. Jayne Toulson-Burke, from Stockport, warned travelers to take precautions after the Foreign Office issued a health warning last week amid an ‘unexpected rise’ in dengue cases and deaths. Her son … Read more