By YLE News Minister of Health and Social Services Maria Guzenina-Richardson says that the state will, if necessary, supply additional funds to compensate those who became ill with narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine. Insurance companies are ready to pay a maximum of 30 million euros. The European Medicines Agency will give its judgement […]
Finland vows care for narcolepsy kids who had swine flu shot
Posted by AFP The Finnish government and major insurance companies announced Wednesday they will pay for lifetime medical care for children diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine. “The compensation will provide much-needed financial assistance for the families, although it cannot take away the emotional distress caused by this condition,” Social Services and Health MinisterPaula Risikko said in a statement. […]
Flu vaccine given to millions of Britons ‘increases risk of narcolepsy in children’
By Daniel Martin A flu vaccine given to millions of Britons as recently as a few months ago will no longer be used after watchdogs found it increased the risk of children developing a serious sleeping disorder. Pandemrix has been deemed unsuitable for anyone under the age of 20 after studies showed it could trigger […]
Swine flu jab ‘narcolepsy risk’
From BBC News A swine flu jab has been linked to rare cases of a sleeping disorder and should be the last line of protection for young people, European regulators say. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Pandemrix should only be given to children and teenagers at risk of H1N1 flu if other jabs are […]
Narcolepsy cases rising after swine flu vaccine
Ninety-three people in Sweden, most of them children, have been diagnosed with narcolepsy since taking the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix last winter, according to figures from the Swedish Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket). In 88 of the 93 cases, the agency has identified a direct correlation between the vaccine and the onset of narcolepsy, a sleep […]
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