Unprotected People Stories: Disease Index

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) 94 HTML  PDF "Fact: No Link between Vaccines and Autism" (posted 3/14/07) 52 HTML  PDF "As the New Year begins, parent expresses . . ." (posted 1/9/03) 42 HTML  PDF "Are vaccinations worth it?" (posted 12/31/01) 38 HTML  PDF "Some parents fall for vaccination scare stories . . ." (posted 1/3/01) 36 HTML  PDF "Remarks by the President on . . ." (posted 12/19/00)   35 HTML  PDF "Physician remembers the tragedies of . . ." (posted 10/4/00) 22 HTML  PDF "Infection control nurse urges parents to . . ." (posted 2/22/00)

Chickenpox Stories

NUMBER	FORMAT	TITLE
73	HTML  PDF	"CDC provides case reports on . . ." (posted 3/29/05)
56	HTML  PDF	"MMWR article describes two of nine varicella . . ." (posted 6/13/03)
50	HTML  PDF	"Indiana girl dies of varicella" (posted 10/2/02)
43	HTML  PDF	"Periorbital varicella gangrenosa necessitating . . ." (posted 1/21/02)
31	HTML  PDF	"Michigan child's death caused by chickenpox" (posted 5/25/00)
21	HTML  PDF	"Chickenpox claimed the life of my son . . ." (posted 11/16/99)
19	HTML  PDF	"How many varicella deaths will it take?" (posted 6/4/99)
12	HTML  PDF	"Child dies of varicella encephalitis" (posted 1/29/99)
8	HTML  PDF	"Five varicella deaths that could have . . ." (posted 12/21/98)
4	HTML  PDF	"Three fatal varicella cases in unvaccinated . . ." (posted 11/5/98)

Diphtheria Stories  NUMBER FORMAT TITLE 63 HTML  PDF "Pennsylvania man's death from diphtheria . . ." (posted 1/8/04) 26 HTML  PDF "A death from diphtheria" (posted 3/15/00)

Hepatitis A Stories  NUMBER FORMAT TITLE 30 HTML  PDF "Traveling filmmaker reflects on the high cost . . ." (posted 5/9/00) 13 HTML  PDF "Virus saps grad in her peak weeks" (posted 2/10/99)

Hepatitis B Stories  NUMBER FORMAT TITLE 102 HTML  PDF "A Lost Week by Mary E. O'Brien, MD" (posted 4/10/09) 70 HTML  PDF "We called him 'A-Man'" (posted 12/9/04) 69 HTML  PDF "Testimony before the President's Advisory . . ." (posted 12/9/04) 68 HTML  PDF "One family's story: Living with hepatitis B" (posted 12/9/04) 54 HTML  PDF "Medical errors cause two more children to be . . ." (posted 2/13/03) 49 HTML  PDF "Young doctor learns he has liver cancer too late" (posted 8/21/02) 45 HTML  PDF "Hepatitis B vaccine at birth saves lives!" (posted 10/7/02) 34 HTML  PDF "Infant dies of fulminant hepatitis B" (posted 9/27/00) 32 HTML  PDF "Physician testifies about the importance of . . ." (posted 6/30/00) 24 HTML  PDF "The benefits of hepatitis B vaccine far . . ." (posted 3/2/00) 18 HTML  PDF "Lack of prenatal screening for hepatitis B . . ." (posted 5/27/99) 15 HTML  PDF "Mother's death from hepatitis B moves . . ." (posted 4/19/99) 9 HTML  PDF "I was at no risk for ever having hepatitis B!" (posted 1/6/99) 6 HTML  PDF "All the horrors that I endured could have . . . " (posted 11/12/98) 3 HTML  PDF "Family remembers hepatitis B victim as a girl . . ." (posted 10/14/98) 2 HTML  PDF "Parent of child with HBV testifies about . . ." (posted 9/14/98)

Haemophilus influenzae type b Stories  NUMBER FORMAT TITLE 99 HTML  PDF "Invasive Hib Disease Kills Unvaccinated Toddler, Sickens Another" (posted 4/10/09) 77 HTML  PDF "Toddler suffers septicemia, meningitis . . ." (posted 7/27/05) 39 HTML  PDF "Hib meningitis strikes unvaccinated infant" (posted 4/25/01) 27 HTML  PDF "A tragic story about Hib meningitis" (posted 3/22/00) 1 HTML  PDF "A mother's experience with Haemophilus . . ." (posted 8/21/98)

Human papillomavirus (HPV) Stories  NUMBER FORMAT TITLE 91 HTML  PDF "Christine Baze's Story" (posted 2/27/07) 86 HTML  PDF "HPV Vaccine Has Potential to Reduce Worldwide Cancer Deaths by More Than 200,000" (posted 2/14/07)