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Unprotected People Stories: Disease Index |
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Real-life accounts of people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases |
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NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
107 |
HTML PDF |
"Failure to Vaccinate Children: An Unconscionable Twist of Faith"
(posted 3/28/14)
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94 |
HTML PDF |
"Fact:
No Link between Vaccines and Autism"
(posted 3/14/07)
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52 |
HTML PDF |
"As the New Year begins,
parent expresses . .
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(posted 1/9/03)
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42 |
HTML PDF |
"Are vaccinations worth it?"
(posted 12/31/01)
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38 |
HTML PDF |
"Some parents fall for vaccination scare
stories . . ."
(posted 1/3/01)
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36 |
HTML PDF |
"Remarks by the President on
. . ."
(posted 12/19/00)
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35 |
HTML PDF |
"Physician remembers the
tragedies of . . ."
(posted 10/4/00)
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22 |
HTML PDF |
"Infection control nurse urges
parents to . . ."
(posted 2/22/00)
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NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
73 |
HTML PDF |
"CDC provides case
reports on . . ."
(posted 3/29/05)
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56 |
HTML PDF |
"MMWR article describes
two of nine varicella . . ."
(posted 6/13/03)
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50 |
HTML PDF |
"Indiana girl dies of
varicella"
(posted 10/2/02)
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43 |
HTML PDF |
"Periorbital varicella gangrenosa necessitating . . ."
(posted 1/21/02)
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31 |
HTML PDF |
"Michigan child's death caused by chickenpox"
(posted 5/25/00)
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21 |
HTML PDF |
"Chickenpox claimed the life of my son
. . ."
(posted 11/16/99)
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19 |
HTML PDF |
"How many varicella deaths will it take?"
(posted 6/4/99)
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12 |
HTML PDF |
"Child dies of varicella encephalitis"
(posted 1/29/99)
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8 |
HTML PDF |
"Five varicella deaths that could have
. . ."
(posted 12/21/98)
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4 |
HTML PDF |
"Three fatal varicella cases in unvaccinated
. . ."
(posted 11/5/98)
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Diphtheria Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
63 |
HTML PDF |
"Pennsylvania man's death from
diphtheria . . ."
(posted 1/8/04)
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26 |
HTML PDF |
"A death from diphtheria"
(posted 3/15/00)
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Hepatitis A Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
30 |
HTML PDF |
"Traveling filmmaker reflects on the
high cost . . ."
(posted 5/9/00)
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13 |
HTML PDF |
"Virus saps grad in her peak weeks"
(posted 2/10/99)
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Hepatitis B Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
102 |
HTML PDF |
"A Lost
Week by Mary E. O'Brien, MD"
(posted 4/10/09)
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70 |
HTML PDF |
"We called him 'A-Man'"
(posted 12/9/04)
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69 |
HTML PDF |
"Testimony before the President's
Advisory . . ."
(posted 12/9/04)
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68 |
HTML PDF |
"One family's story: Living with
hepatitis B"
(posted 12/9/04)
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54 |
HTML PDF |
"Medical errors cause two more
children to be . . ."
(posted 2/13/03)
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49 |
HTML PDF |
"Young doctor learns he has liver
cancer too late"
(posted 8/21/02)
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45 |
HTML PDF |
"Hepatitis B
vaccine at birth saves lives!"
(posted 10/7/02)
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34 |
HTML PDF |
"Infant dies of fulminant hepatitis
B"
(posted 9/27/00)
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32 |
HTML PDF |
"Physician testifies about the
importance of . . ."
(posted 6/30/00)
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24 |
HTML PDF |
"The benefits of hepatitis B vaccine
far . . ."
(posted 3/2/00)
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18 |
HTML PDF |
"Lack of prenatal screening for
hepatitis B . . ."
(posted 5/27/99)
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15 |
HTML PDF |
"Mother's death from hepatitis B
moves . . ."
(posted 4/19/99)
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9 |
HTML PDF |
"I was at no risk for ever having
hepatitis B!"
(posted 1/6/99)
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6 |
HTML PDF |
"All the horrors that I endured
could have . . . "
(posted 11/12/98)
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3 |
HTML PDF |
"Family remembers hepatitis B victim
as a girl . . ."
(posted 10/14/98)
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2 |
HTML PDF |
"Parent of child with HBV testifies
about . . ."
(posted 9/14/98)
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Haemophilus influenzae type b
Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
99 |
HTML PDF |
"Invasive
Hib Disease Kills Unvaccinated Toddler, Sickens Another"
(posted 4/10/09)
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77 |
HTML PDF |
"Toddler suffers septicemia,
meningitis . . ."
(posted 7/27/05)
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39 |
HTML PDF |
"Hib meningitis strikes unvaccinated
infant"
(posted 4/25/01)
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27 |
HTML PDF |
"A tragic story about Hib
meningitis"
(posted 3/22/00)
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1 |
HTML PDF |
"A mother's experience with Haemophilus . . ."
(posted 8/21/98)
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
91 |
HTML PDF |
"Christine
Baze's Story"
(posted 2/27/07)
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86 |
HTML PDF |
"HPV
Vaccine Has Potential to Reduce Worldwide Cancer Deaths by More Than 200,000"
(posted 2/14/07)
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Influenza Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
103 |
HTML PDF |
"Influenza Ends Martin McGowan's Life"
(posted 10/19/09)
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98 |
HTML PDF |
"The
Story of Amanda Kanowitz"
(posted 4/10/09)
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97 |
HTML PDF |
"The
Story of Emily Lastinger"
(posted 4/10/09)
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96 |
HTML PDF |
"The
Story of Katie Bellovich"
(posted 3/21/09)
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93 |
HTML PDF |
"Pandemic
Influenza 1918"
(posted 2/27/07)
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67 |
HTML PDF |
"Influenza
killed my beautiful 23-month-old daughter"
(posted 1/26/07)
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57 |
HTML PDF |
"MMWR reports influenza as the
cause of . . ."
(posted 9/5/03)
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Measles Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
108 |
HTML PDF |
"Measles: A Dangerous Illness"
(posted 5/2/14)
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100 |
HTML PDF |
"Measles Not Worth the Risk by John
Lawrence Kiely"
(posted 4/10/09)
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90 |
HTML PDF |
"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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88 |
HTML PDF |
"Schoolboy, 13, Dies as Measles Makes a
Comeback"
(posted 2/27/07)
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87 |
HTML PDF |
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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85 |
HTML PDF |
"The
Problem" by the Measles Initiative
(posted 2/14/07)
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80 |
HTML PDF |
"Preventable measles
outbreak in Indiana . . ."
(posted
10/28/05)
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79 |
HTML PDF |
"CDC reports on
preventable measles among . . ."
(posted
8/26/05)
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66 |
HTML PDF |
"Society pays a high price for
nonmedical . . ."
(posted 3/26/04)
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64 |
HTML PDF |
"2002 Alabama measles outbreak is
traced to an . . ."
(posted 1/22/04)
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51 |
HTML PDF |
"Complacency the likely cause of
measles . . ."
(posted 10/31/02)
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29 |
HTML PDF |
"Measles shots are common sense:
personal . . ."
(posted 4/26/00)
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11 |
HTML PDF |
"Measles outbreak associated with an . . ."
(posted 1/12/99)
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Meningococcal Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
109 |
HTML PDF |
"Overlooked Casualties: Jamie Schanbaum"
(posted 11/6/14)
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101 |
HTML PDF |
"In
Memory of Ryan Milley"
(posted 4/10/09)
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46 |
HTML PDF |
"The laughter of our hearts: Losing
a teen to . . ."
(posted 5/30/02)
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33 |
HTML PDF |
"Ordinary college student shares
horror of . . ."
(posted 9/21/00)
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25 |
HTML PDF |
"Meningitis: Big dread on campus"
(posted 3/9/00)
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Mumps Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
83 |
HTML PDF |
"Mumps outbreak at a summer camp
. . ."
(posted 2/27/06)
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Pertussis Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
106 |
HTML
PDF |
Ramona's Story
(posted 12/6/13)
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76 |
HTML PDF |
"Newborn's death
emphasizes need to . . ."
(posted 6/23/05)
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74 |
HTML PDF |
"Parents helpless as
children battle pertussis"
(posted 5/25/05)
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72 |
HTML PDF |
"Infant dies after
contracting pertussis from . . ."
(posted 2/1/05)
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55 |
HTML PDF |
"Pertussis claims life
of Texas infant"
(posted
5/30/03)
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47 |
HTML PDF |
"Pertussis Deaths-United States,
2000"
(posted 7/25/02)
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23 |
HTML PDF |
"Nick: A close call with whooping
cough"
(posted 2/29/00)
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10 |
HTML PDF |
"Pertussis claims the lives of two
infants"
(posted 1/7/99)
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Pneumococcal Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
95 |
HTML PDF |
"Pneumococcal Pneumonia: How I let down my friend"
(posted 7/16/07)
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75 |
HTML PDF |
"Three-year-old's ordeal with severe
. . ."
(posted 6/8/05)
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53 |
HTML PDF |
"Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia
in a . . ."
(posted 1/16/03)
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41 |
HTML PDF |
"Case closed: Pneumococcal vaccine
may be . . ."
(posted 11/19/01)
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40 |
HTML PDF |
"Boy dies of pneumococcal
meningitis"
(posted 5/1/01)
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17 |
HTML PDF |
"Two deaths in a nursing home ignite . . ."
(posted 5/26/99)
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Polio Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
105 |
HTML
PDF |
"Polio
Survivor Recalls Tragic Loss of Twin and
Classmates"
(posted 5/9/13)
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82 |
HTML PDF |
"Unvaccinated U.S. adult traveling
abroad . . ."
(posted 2/6/06)
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28 |
HTML PDF |
"Polio victim entreats parents to
say "yes" . . ."
(posted 3/31/00)
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5 |
HTML PDF |
"I awoke one morning unable to walk"
(posted 11/9/98)
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Rabies Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
84 |
HTML PDF |
"Mississippi boy dies from rabies
. . ."
(posted 3/3/06)
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78 |
HTML PDF |
"Florida man dies from rabies . .
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(posted
8/12/05)
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71 |
HTML PDF |
"Wisconsin teen survives clinical
rabies . . ."
(posted 12/30/04)
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65 |
HTML PDF |
"2003 rabies death highlights the importance . . ."
(posted 2/4/04)
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37 |
HTML PDF |
"Human rabies--CA, GA,
MN, NY, and WI"
(posted 12/21/00)
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14 |
HTML PDF |
"Man without history of bat bite
dies of rabies"
(posted 2/15/99)
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Rotavirus Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
104 |
HTML PDF |
"Two Children
Hospitalized with Rotavirus"
(posted 12/29/09)
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92 |
HTML PDF |
"Holly's
Experience with Rotavirus"
(posted 2/27/07)
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Rubella Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
81 |
HTML PDF |
"Imported case of congenital rubella
syndrome . . ."
(posted 11/22/05)
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20 |
HTML PDF |
"Infant dies of congenital rubella
syndrome"
(posted 10/22/99)
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Tetanus Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
62 |
HTML PDF |
"Philosophic objection to
vaccination as a risk . . ."
(posted 10/31/03)
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61 |
HTML PDF |
"Tetanus among injecting-drug
users--CA, 1997"
(posted 10/31/03)
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60 |
HTML PDF |
"Death from tetanus after a pretibial
laceration"
(posted 10/31/03)
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59 |
HTML PDF |
"Blindsided by tetanus"
(posted 10/31/03)
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58 |
HTML PDF |
"Tetanus killed woman after fall in
garden” and . . .“
(posted 10/31/03)
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48 |
HTML PDF |
"Tetanus-Puerto Rico, 2002"
(posted 8/8/02)
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16 |
HTML PDF |
"Tetanus is far more than a "rusty
nail" disease"
(posted 5/3/99)
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7 |
HTML PDF |
"Montana newborn of an unvaccinated
mother . . ."
(posted 12/15/98)
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Yellow Fever Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
44 |
HTML PDF |
"Fatal yellow fever in a traveler
returning from . . ."
(posted 4/22/02)
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Zoster (Shingles) Stories
NUMBER |
FORMAT |
TITLE |
89 |
HTML PDF |
"Shingles: An
Unwelcome Encore"
(posted 2/27/07)
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