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New concerns have been raised about a link between flu vaccine and narcolepsy in children in the UK.
A study published online in the BMJ said that children in the UK who were given the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix in 2009-10 were 14 times more likely to have narcolepsy than other children.
The research team from the Health Protection Agency, Addenbrooke?s Hospital and Papworth Hospital (both in Cambridge) and University College London set out to evaluate the risk after vaccination in England.
Having highlighted a higher prevalence of the sleep disorder they have now called for further research, saying the risk may be overestimated by more rapid referral of vaccinated children.
http://www.healthcare-today.co.uk/n...risk-in-children-who-had-swine-flu-jab/23823/
A study published online in the BMJ said that children in the UK who were given the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix in 2009-10 were 14 times more likely to have narcolepsy than other children.
The research team from the Health Protection Agency, Addenbrooke?s Hospital and Papworth Hospital (both in Cambridge) and University College London set out to evaluate the risk after vaccination in England.
Having highlighted a higher prevalence of the sleep disorder they have now called for further research, saying the risk may be overestimated by more rapid referral of vaccinated children.
http://www.healthcare-today.co.uk/n...risk-in-children-who-had-swine-flu-jab/23823/