| FORMAT |
AGE |
TITLE |
SUMMARY |
PUBLISHED |
| HTML PDF |
25 yrs. |
"A
Lost Week by Mary E. O'Brien, MD" |
Story
#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 |
| HTML PDF |
20 yrs. |
"We called him 'A-Man'" |
Story #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" |
Story
#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" |
Story #68: A family with 3
children adopted from Korea suffers serious consequences when HBV test results
are misinterpreted. |
12/9/04 |
| HTML
PDF |
31 yrs. |
"Young doctor learns he has liver
cancer too late" |
Story #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 |
| HTML
PDF |
Child |
"Physician testifies about the
importance of hepatitis B" |
Story #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" |
Story #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 |
| HTML
PDF |
Adult |
"Mother's death from hepatitis B
moves daughter to action" |
Story #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!" |
Story #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" |
Story #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 |
| HTML
PDF |
15 yrs. |
"Family remembers hepatitis B victim
as a girl with promise" |
Story #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 |
| HTML
PDF |
Child |
"Parent of child with HBV testifies
about importance of hepatitis B vaccination" |
Story #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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