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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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95 Pneumo-
coccus
"Pneumococcal Pneumonia: How I let down my friend"
(posted 7/16/07)
 
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94 General "Fact: No Link between Vaccines and Autism"
(posted 3/14/07)
 
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93 Influenza "Pandemic Influenza 1918"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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92 Rotavirus "Holly's Experience with Rotavirus"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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91 HPV "Christine Baze's Story"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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90 Measles "New England Journal of Medicine Case Report: A 34-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Confusion and Visual Loss"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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89 Zoster/
Shingles
"Shingles: An Unwelcome Encore"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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88 Measles "Schoolboy, 13, Dies as Measles Makes a Comeback"
(posted 2/27/07)
 
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87 Measles "Open Letter to Parents from Eileen M. Ouellette, M.D., J.D., F.A.A.P., Former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2005-2006)"
(posted 2/14/07)
 
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86 HPV "HPV Vaccine Has Potential to Reduce Worldwide Cancer Deaths by More Than 200,000"
(posted 2/14/07)
 
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85 Measles "The Problem" by the Measles Initiative
(posted 2/14/07)
 
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84 Rabies "Mississippi boy dies from rabies . . ."
(posted 3/3/06)
 
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83 Mumps "Mumps outbreak at a summer camp . . ."
(posted 2/27/06)
 
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82 Polio "Unvaccinated U.S. adult traveling abroad . . ."
(posted 2/6/06)
 
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81 Rubella "Imported case of congenital rubella syndrome . . ."
(posted 11/22/05)
 
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80 Measles "Preventable measles outbreak in Indiana . . ."
(posted 10/28/05)
 
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79 Measles "CDC reports on preventable measles among . . ."
(posted 8/26/05)
 
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78 Rabies "Florida man dies from rabies . . ."
(posted 8/12/05)
 
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77 Hib "Toddler suffers septicemia, meningitis . . ."
(posted 7/27/05)
 
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76 Pertussis "Newborn's death emphasizes need to . . ."
(posted 6/23/05)
 
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75 Pneumo-
coccus
"Three-year-old's ordeal with severe . . ."
(posted 6/8/05)
 
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74 Pertussis "Parents helpless as children battle pertussis"
(posted 5/25/05)
 
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73 Chickenpox "CDC provides case reports on . . ."
(posted 3/29/05)
 
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72 Pertussis "Infant dies after contracting pertussis from . . ."
(posted 2/1/05)
 
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71 Rabies "Wisconsin teen survives clinical rabies . . ."
(posted 12/30/04)
 
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70 Hepatitis B "We called him 'A-Man'"
(posted 12/9/04)
 
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69 Hepatitis B "Testimony before the President's Advisory . . ."
(posted 12/9/04)
 
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68 Hepatitis B "One family's story: Living with hepatitis B"
(posted 12/9/04)
 
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67 Influenza "Influenza killed my beautiful 23-month-old daughter"
(posted 1/26/07)
 
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66 Measles "Society pays a high price for nonmedical . . ."
(posted 3/26/04)
 
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65 Rabies "2003 rabies death highlights the importance . . ."
(posted 2/4/04)
 
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64 Measles "2002 Alabama measles outbreak is traced to an . . ."
(posted 1/22/04)
 
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63 Diphtheria "Pennsylvania man's death from diphtheria . . ."
(posted 1/8/04)
 
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62 Tetanus "Philosophic objection to vaccination as a risk . . ."
(posted 10/31/03)
 
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61 Tetanus "Tetanus among injecting-drug users--CA, 1997"
(posted 10/31/03)
 
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60 Tetanus "Death from tetanus after a pretibial laceration"
(posted 10/31/03)
 
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59 Tetanus "Blindsided by tetanus"
(posted 10/31/03)
 
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58 Tetanus "Tetanus killed woman after fall in garden” and . . .“
(posted 10/31/03)
 
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57 Influenza "MMWR reports influenza as the cause of . . ."
(posted 9/5/03)
 
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56 Chickenpox "MMWR article describes two of nine varicella . . ."
(posted 6/13/03)
 
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55 Pertussis "Pertussis claims life of Texas infant"
(posted 5/30/03)
 
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54 Hepatitis B "Medical errors cause two more children to be . . ."
(posted 2/13/03)
 
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53 Pneumo-
coccus
"Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia in a . . ."
(posted 1/16/03)
 
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52 General "As the New Year begins, parent expresses . . ."
(posted 1/9/03)
 
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51 Measles "Complacency the likely cause of measles . . ."
(posted 10/31/02)
 
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50 Chickenpox "Indiana girl dies of varicella"
(posted 10/2/02)
 
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49 Hepatitis B "Young doctor learns he has liver cancer too late"
(posted 8/21/02)
 
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48 Tetanus "Tetanus-Puerto Rico, 2002"
(posted 8/8/02)
 
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47 Pertussis "Pertussis Deaths-United States, 2000"
(posted 7/25/02)
 
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46 Meningo-
coccus
"The laughter of our hearts: Losing a teen to . . ."
(posted 5/30/02)
 
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45 Hepatitis B "Hepatitis B vaccine at birth saves lives!"
(posted 10/7/02)
 
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44 Yellow
fever
"Fatal yellow fever in a traveler returning from . . ."
(posted 4/22/02)
 
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43 Chickenpox "Periorbital varicella gangrenosa necessitating . . ."
(posted 1/21/02)
 
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42 General "Are vaccinations worth it?"
(posted 12/31/01)
 
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41 Pneumo-
coccus
"Case closed: Pneumococcal vaccine may be . . ."
(posted 11/19/01)
 
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40 Pneumo-
coccus
"Boy dies of pneumococcal meningitis"
(posted 5/1/01)
 
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39 Hib "Hib meningitis strikes unvaccinated infant"
(posted 4/25/01)
 
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38 General "Some parents fall for vaccination scare stories . . ."
(posted 1/3/01)
 
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37 Rabies "Human rabies--CA, GA, MN, NY, and WI"
(posted 12/21/00)
 
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36 General "Remarks by the President on . . ."
(posted 12/19/00)
 
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35 General "Physician remembers the tragedies of . . ."
(posted 10/4/00)
 
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34 Hepatitis B "Infant dies of fulminant hepatitis B"
(posted 9/27/00)
 
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33 Meningo-
coccus
"Ordinary college student shares horror of . . ."
(posted 9/21/00)
 
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32 Hepatitis B "Physician testifies about the importance of . . ."
(posted 6/30/00)
 
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31 Chickenpox "Michigan child's death caused by chickenpox"
(posted 5/25/00)
 
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30 Hepatitis A "Traveling filmmaker reflects on the high cost . . ."
(posted 5/9/00)
 
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29 Measles "Measles shots are common sense: personal . . ."
(posted 4/26/00)
 
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28 Polio "Polio victim entreats parents to say "yes" . . ."
(posted 3/31/00)
 
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27 Hib "A tragic story about Hib meningitis"
(posted 3/22/00)
 
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26 Diphtheria "A death from diphtheria"
(posted 3/15/00)
 
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25 Meningo-
coccus
"Meningitis: Big dread on campus"
(posted 3/9/00)
 
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24 Hepatitis B "The benefits of hepatitis B vaccine far . . ."
(posted 3/2/00)
 
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23 Pertussis "Nick: A close call with whooping cough"
(posted 2/29/00)
 
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22 General "Infection control nurse urges parents to . . ."
(posted 2/22/00)
 
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21 Chickenpox "Chickenpox claimed the life of my son . . ."
(posted 11/16/99)
 
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20 Rubella "Infant dies of congenital rubella syndrome"
(posted 10/22/99)
 
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19 Chickenpox "How many varicella deaths will it take?"
(posted 6/4/99)
 
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18 Hepatitis B "Lack of prenatal screening for hepatitis B . . ."
(posted 5/27/99)
 
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17 Pneumo-
coccus
"Two deaths in a nursing home ignite . . ."
(posted 5/26/99)
 
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16 Tetanus "Tetanus is far more than a "rusty nail" disease"
(posted 5/3/99)
 
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15 Hepatitis B "Mother's death from hepatitis B moves . . ."
(posted 4/19/99)
 
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14 Rabies "Man without history of bat bite dies of rabies"
(posted 2/15/99)
 
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13 Hepatitis A "Virus saps grad in her peak weeks"
(posted 2/10/99)
 
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12 Chickenpox "Child dies of varicella encephalitis"
(posted 1/29/99)
 
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11 Measles "Measles outbreak associated with an . . ."
(posted 1/12/99)
 
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10 Pertussis "Pertussis claims the lives of two infants"
(posted 1/7/99)
 
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9 Hepatitis B "I was at no risk for ever having hepatitis B!"
(posted 1/6/99)
 
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8 Chickenpox "Five varicella deaths that could have . . ."
(posted 12/21/98)
 
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7 Tetanus "Montana newborn of an unvaccinated mother . . ."
(posted 12/15/98)
 
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6 Hepatitis B "All the horrors that I endured could have . . . "
(posted 11/12/98)
 
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5 Polio "I awoke one morning unable to walk"
(posted 11/9/98)
 
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4 Chickenpox "Three fatal varicella cases in unvaccinated . . ."
(posted 11/5/98)
 
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3 Hepatitis B "Family remembers hepatitis B victim as a girl . . ."
(posted 10/14/98)
 
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2 Hepatitis B "Parent of child with HBV testifies about . . ."
(posted 9/14/98)
 
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1 Hib "A mother's experience with Haemophilus . . ."
(posted 8/21/98)
 
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