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Patient Stories

‘This is life and death’

How a self-proclaimed ‘exhibit A of vaccine hesitancy’ decided to get the shot

Patient Stories

Heroes on the front lines: Rebecca Pham

A Coverage series features the voices of clinicians and others caring for coronavirus patients in Massachusetts

Patient Stories

WATCH: ‘Taking power’

A physician reflects on what it means to make the decision to get vaccinated

Patient Stories

A doctor's dream

A urologist shares her journey from the Caribbean to championing health care and equity in Massachusetts

Patient Stories

VIDEO: 'It felt great'

First responders embrace the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Patient Stories

Heroes on the front line:
Sean Sullivan

A new Coverage series features the voices of doctors and nurses battling the coronavirus in Massachusetts

Patient Stories

Life before vaccines: Smallpox

A medical breakthrough ended a disease that had killed 300 million worldwide

Patient Stories

Life before vaccines: Polio

From playing football, to iron lung: One man's story

Patient Stories

Life before vaccines: Measles

A sister's story: A rash, a fever, encephalitis and lifelong damage in the era before vaccination

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