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Case reports, personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases
Age  Title Summary Published Format*
NA "Fact: No Link between Vaccines and Autism"
 
Report #94: In this editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dr. Arthur Caplan calls the vaccine-autism link a "harmful urban legend" and says it is time to stop vaccine bashing.
 
3/14/07 HTML
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NA "As the New Year begins, a parent expresses gratitude for immunization" Report #52: Christine Roberts, the parent of an adopted child chronically infected with hepatitis B, writes about the value of immunization and urges parents not to believe misinformation.
 
1/9/03 HTML
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NA "Are vaccinations worth it?" Report #42: David Keller, MD, affirms the protection that vaccines afford children and explains why he made sure his own son was vaccinated, though like most parents, he wishes it were not necessary.
 
12/31/01 HTML
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NA "Some parents fall for vaccination scare stories, with deadly results" Report #38: Betty Bumpers and Rosalynn Carter, co-founders of Every Child by Two, express their concern about a dangerous Internet and media campaign that undermines the use of vaccines.
 
1/3/01 HTML
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NA "December 11, 2000, remarks by the President on child immunization" Report #36: President Bill Clinton announces a new childhood immunization initiative and discusses the history and importance of immunization in the United States.
 
12/19/00 HTML
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NA "Physician remembers the tragedies of vaccine-preventable disease" Report #35: Gene Gangarosa, MD, MS, recalls how five of his 12 siblings died of pertussis and measles in the pre-vaccine era.
 
10/4/00 HTML
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NA "Infection control nurse urges parents to support U.S. vaccine program" Report #22: An infection control nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vicki Brinsko, describes the pain of children suffering and dying from pertussis and recounts their parents' anguish.
 
2/22/00 HTML
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