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| Teen Vaccines: Personal Testimonies |
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Stories of Suffering and Loss |
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| Allison Jester - hepatitis A |
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| High school student Allison Jester describes how a hepatitis A infection disrupted her senior year. |
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| Christine Baze - HPV |
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| Christine Baze, a Boston musician and cervical cancer survivor, shares her personal story to educate women about human papillomavirus (HPV) and the importance of vaccination. |
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| Eduardo - tetanus |
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| In my quick exam of Eduardo, I hadn't seen a scratch. I suspected tetanus, but there's no definitive diagnostic test for the disease because the toxin hides away in the central nervous system. |
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| Hsu Family - hepatitis B |
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| In the space of three years, college junior Leslie D. Hsu lost her brother and mother to hepatitis B-related liver cancer. |
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| John Fuller - meningococcal |
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| Cadet John Fuller at the Virginia Military Institute describes how, within two days, he went from feeling fine to being in the intensive care unit, fighting meningococcal disease. |
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| Joseph Kepferle - meningococcal |
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| Joseph Kepferle's father describes the pain of having a healthy college-aged son become ill and die within 24 hours of meningococcal meningitis. |
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| Martin McGowan - influenza |
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| Diane and Mike McGowan’s healthy 15-year-old son, Martin, died from influenza-related complications in 2005. “One flu shot could have saved his life,” said Diane. “As his mother, I wish that he had been vaccinated.” |
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| Ryan Hokensmith - meningococcal |
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| Ryan Hockensmith, a senior at Penn State majoring in journalism, writes about his three-week battle with meningococcal meningitis. |
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| Ryan Milley - meningococcal |
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| Frankie Milley, founder of Meningitis Angels, shares the devastating account of the death of her only child, Ryan Wayne Milley, who died of meningococcal disease. |
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Families Fighting Flu
Emotional stories of families whose lives have been permanently altered by influenza |
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PKIDs
Eight families affected by vaccine-preventable diseases share their stories |
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Shot by Shot
Stories of vaccine-preventable diseases from the California Immunization Coalition |
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Vaccinate Your Family
Parents who have lost children to these devastating, avoidable diseases share their stories |
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