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Case reports,
personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles
about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases |
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Young
men and
women |
Pandemic
Influenza 1918 |
Report
#93: Professor N. R. Grist (Glasgow) shares a copy of a poignant letter written
by a U.S. Army physician who witnessed first-hand the overwhelming loss of life
during the influenza pandemic of 1918. |
2/27/07 |
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PDF |
23
months |
Influenza killed my
beautiful 23-month-old daughter |
Report #67: In December
2003, Colorado experienced its worst influenza epidemic in years. Among the
influenza-related fatalities that month was Elizabeth Terese Cover, who died
from complications of influenza weeks before her second birthday. |
1/26/07 |
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14 mos.
to
teenage |
"MMWR reports influenza as the
cause of severe illness and death among 14 young people in Michigan" |
Report #57: An MMWR article
describes four influenza-related deaths and ten instances of severe influenza
illness among children and young adults under age 21 in early 2003.
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9/5/03 |
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