|
Age |
Title |
Summary |
Published |
Number |
| 25 yrs. |
" A
Lost Week by Mary E. O'Brien" |
Report
#102: Mary O'Brien, MD, wrote this gripping piece about the rapid deterioration
in health of her patient Thomas, a 25-year-old graduate student. O'Brien
discovers that Thomas is suffering from acute hepatitis B infection.
|
4/10/09 |
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PDF |
| 20 yrs. |
"We called him 'A-Man'" |
Report #70: A sister writes about
her brother's death and his and his siblings' determination to educate the
public about HBV infection.
|
12/9/04 |
HTML
PDF |
19-year-old
& his mother |
"Testimony before the President's
Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders" |
Report
#69: A woman testifies about
losing her brother and mother to undetected HBV infection and HBV-related liver
cancer.
|
12/9/04 |
HTML
PDF |
| 24 yrs. |
"One family's story: Living with
hepatitis B" |
Report #68: A family with 3
children adopted from Korea suffers serious consequences when HBV test results
are misinterpreted.
|
12/9/04 |
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PDF |
| Newborns |
"Medical errors cause two more
children to be chronically infected with hepatitis B" |
Report #54: Two babies born to
mothers infected with hepatitis B are not given the recommended protection
(vaccine and immune globulin) within 12 hours of birth. Both become chronically
infected with the hepatitis B virus.
|
2/13/03 |
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PDF |
| 31 yrs. |
"Young doctor learns he has liver
cancer too late" |
Report #49: A young Asian-American
physician's death from liver cancer results from the inadequate monitoring and
treatment of his known chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
|
8/21/02 |
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PDF |
| NA |
"Unprotected Babies: Hepatitis B
vaccine at birth saves lives!" |
Report #45: A letter from IAC urges
all health professionals and hospitals to protect infants from hepatitis B virus
infection by administering the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine to infants at
birth and no later than hospital discharge.
|
10/7/02 |
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PDF |
| 3 mos. |
"Infant dies of fulminant hepatitis
B" |
Report #34: A 3-month-old infant of
Southeast Asian descent dies of fulminant hepatitis B as a result of a
combination of medical errors.
|
9/27/00 |
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PDF |
| Child |
"Physician testifies about the
importance of hepatitis B" |
Report #32: Dr. Keith Van Zandt's
testimony before Congress about the importance of hepatitis B vaccination
includes his personal experiences caring for his adopted daughter, a chronic
hepatitis B carrier.
|
6/30/00 |
HTML
PDF |
| 24 yrs. |
"The benefits of hepatitis B vaccine
far outweigh the risks: A pharmacist's professional and personal perspective" |
Report #24: A pharmacist discusses
the importance of preventing hepatitis B and the painful death of her
24-year-old cousin from the disease.
|
3/2/00 |
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PDF |
Family
of five |
"Lack of prenatal screening for
hepatitis B causes multiple tragedies for one family" |
Report #18: A mother with a
previous history of hepatitis is not screened prenatally. Only after her infant
dies of hepatitis-related causes is screening done, revealing that mother,
father, and their other two young children are all positive for HBV.
|
5/27/99 |
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PDF |
| Adult |
"Mother's death from hepatitis B
moves daughter to action" |
Report #15: A first-year Asian-American medical student shares the details of her mother's sudden death from
hepatitis B.
|
4/19/99 |
HTML
PDF |
| 35 yrs. |
"I was at no risk for ever having
hepatitis B!" |
Report #9: A 35-year-old married
mother of three contracts hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This woman, like at
least one third of people who contract HBV infection, had no known risk factors
for the disease.
|
1/6/99 |
HTML
PDF |
| Adult |
"All the horrors that I endured
could have been avoided" |
Report #6: Gravely ill with
hepatitis B virus infection, U.S. Congressman John Joseph Moakley receives a
successful liver transplant. He now advocates for vaccination against this
disease.
|
11/12/98 |
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PDF |
| 15 yrs. |
"Family remembers hepatitis B victim
as a girl with promise" |
Report #3: Two weeks after being
diagnosed with acute hepatitis B virus infection, 15-year-old Kesha Johnson dies
of fulminant liver failure.
|
10/14/98 |
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PDF |
| Child |
"Parent of child with HBV testifies
about importance of hepatitis B vaccination" |
Report #2: A mother whose son is
chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus testifies at a hearing on the
implementation of a hepatitis B school entry law. She speaks on a personal level
of the pain her entire family has suffered because of one member's chronic
illness.
|
9/14/98 |
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PDF |
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