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Swine Flu Vaccine Side Effects

Guillain-Barré risk same for H1N1 and seasonal flu shot

People who received the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) vaccine had nearly the same risk of contracting Guillain-Barré syndrome as did those immunized against the seasonal flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Preliminary data indicate fewer than one excess case of the neurological disorder for every 1 million people vaccinated against H1N1, according to [...]

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Few doctors turn up for swine flu vaccine, fear side effects

Despite the rise in swine flu cases this month, doctors and paramedical staff don’t seem keen to get themselves vaccinated against the viral infection.  Only 50 medical personnel from across BMC hospitals have opted to take the H1N1 vaccine at Kasturba Hospital, Chinchpokli, in the past ten days. Across the state, just 592 medical personnel, [...]

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Hong Kong to trash 2.8 million swine flu vaccine doses

Health officials in Hong Kong announced on Thursday that they intend to throw away 2.8 million doses of unwanted swine flu vaccines valued at approximately $28.2 million.The vaccines, economictimes.indiatimes.com reports, were part of 3 million doses that were ordered at the height of the H1N1 pandemic last year. The vaccines were offered free to medical [...]

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Australian flu-vaccine named as source of reactions in small children

Australia’s chief medical officer today renewed his advice for clinicians to suspend seasonal flu vaccination for healthy children younger than 5 after national investigations confirmed higher-than-expected rates of fever and convulsions after immunization in that age-group. In a statement today, Dr Jim Bishop said the reactions in younger children have been linked mainly to Fluvax, [...]

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Flu vaccination sparks hysteria

On 23 November 2009, the government was notified that within two hours of pandemic influenza vaccination, a cluster of adverse events marked by dizziness, nausea and weakness occurred in 46 (7%) of the 692 schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 years who had received the vaccine at a middle school. Students were transported by ambulance to [...]

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Mum feared child would die after flu jab

A PARENT feared her child could have died when he suffered convulsions after receiving a flu jab. Carolyn Flack had her one-year-old son vaccinated to protect him from influenza – but she never anticipated he would react in the way he did. Within six hours of being vaccinated, little Heath started burning up and looking [...]

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CIDRAP: Clues elusive in Australian kids’ apparent reactions to flu vaccine

West Australian officials have received 250 reports of possible adverse reactions, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported today. Queensland has also received some adverse-event reports and is investigating the death of a 2-year-old Brisbane girl who died about 12 hours after receiving the vaccine. The events prompted Australian health officials on Apr 23 to ask [...]

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Suspended flu jab caused fits in 67 kids

DOCTORS have reported febrile convulsions in at least 67 young children after the seasonal flu jab, as health authorities scramble to find data on how many Australian children were vaccinated before last week’s ban. State and territory health departments have notified the Therapeutic Goods Administration of at least 410 adverse reactions among children aged five [...]

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WHO dubious about 3 in 1 flu jab at centre of controversy

THE World Health Organisation initially baulked at approving the three-in-one flu shot rubber-stamped by Australian authorities last year. The Therapeutic Goods Administration cited WHO advice when it approved the seasonal flu vaccine that was suspended last Friday after a spike in the numbers of children suffering high fevers and febrile convulsions after vaccination. But the [...]

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1976 ‘Swine Flu’ Shot Linked to ‘Robust’ H1N1 Resistance

New evidence shows immunization against “swine flu” in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research by investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Researchers found that individuals who reported receiving the 1976 vaccine mounted an enhanced immune response [robust immunity] against [...]

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