| FORMAT |
AGE |
TITLE |
SUMMARY |
PUBLISHED |
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15 years |
"Influenza Ends Martin McGowan's Life" |
Story #103: Families Fighting Flu (FFF) was established in the memory of the children who die each year from the complications of influenza. Diane McGowan, Martin's mother and FFF board member, recounts the devastating loss of their teenager. |
10/19/09 |
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PDF |
4 years |
"The Story
of Amanda Kanowitz" |
Story
#98: Families Fighting Flu (FFF) was established in the memory of the children
who die each year from the complications of influenza. The parents of Amanda
Kanowitz recount the devastating loss of their young daughter. |
4/10/09 |
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PDF |
3 1/2 years |
"The Story
of Emily Lastinger" |
Story
#97: Families Fighting Flu (FFF) was established in the memory of the children
who die each year from the complications of influenza. The parents of Emily
Lastinger recount the devastating loss of their young daughter. |
4/10/09 |
| HTML
PDF |
3 1/2 years |
"The Story
of Katie Bellovich" |
Story
#96: Families Fighting Flu (FFF) was established in the memory of the children
who die each year from the complications of influenza. The parents of Katie
Bellovich recount the devastating loss of their young daughter. |
3/21/09 |
| HTML
PDF |
Young
men and
women |
"Pandemic
Influenza 1918" |
Story
#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" |
Story #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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PDF |
14 mos.
to
teenage |
"MMWR reports influenza as the
cause of severe illness and death among 14 young people in Michigan" |
Story #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. |
9/5/03 |
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