Boy, 6, dies from centuries-old disease

Aussie boy, 6, dies from incredibly rare 19th century disease

Born in 2018, Connor Dean had Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and a heart defect which required surgery.

‘Sailor’s disease’ scurvy linked to young boy’s death

Scurvy, once common among convicts who went without fresh fruit and vegetables on long sea voyages, is now so rare in Australia that serious cases are almost always found and treated.

Paediatrician links 'misleading' multivitamin to 6-year-old's death

The Queensland coroner found a six-year-old boy had a severe vitamin C deficiency when he died after suffering a cardiac arrest in 2024.

Doctors baffled as boy, six, dies from disease barely seen in over 200 years

Doctors were left 'baffled' after it was found a six-year-old boy suffered a heart attack and died from scurvy - a disease that has barely been seen since the

Boy, 6, dies from centuries-old disease

A coroner has delivered shock findings after a young boy died from cardiac arrest linked to a “sailor’s disease” not seen for centuries.

Aussie boy, 6, dies from scurvy: Parents say they had no idea he suffered from incredibly rare 19th century disease until it was too late

A six-year-old boy with Down syndrome died from a disease so rare it has not been prevalent in Australia for the last two centuries. Queensland deputy state coroner Stephanie Gallagher has handed down her non-inquest findings into Connor Dean’s tragic death two years ago. Connor lost his fight for life in Brisbane‘s Queensland Children’s Hospital […]