Since August 2010, following widespread use of vaccines against influenza (H1N1) 2009, cases of narcolepsy, especially in children and adolescents, have been reported. Narcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder that causes a person to fall asleep suddenly and unexpectedly. The rates reported from Sweden, Finland and Iceland have been notably higher than those from other […]
European Medicines Agency Recommends Interim Measures For Pandemrix
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended that the product information for Pandemrix should be amended to advise prescribers to take into account preliminary results from epidemiological studies on Pandemrix and narcolepsy, and to perform an individual benefit-risk assessment when considering the use of Pandemrix in children and […]
Rise in sleep illness cases linked to swine-flu jab
By JEROME REILLY EXCLUSIVE EIGHT Irish people who received the swine-flu vaccine have developed narcolepsy — the potentially devastating ailment that causes sudden daytime sleep attacks, the Sunday Independent has learnt. It means that the number of suspected cases of the debilitating sleeping disorder linked with one particular swine-flu vaccine in Ireland has doubled since […]
Swine flu vaccine linked to 900 percent increased risk of developing narcolepsy
By Ethan A. Huff, Staff Writer (NaturalNews) The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently investigating reports from 12 different countries claiming that the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccination is responsible for causing narcolepsy, a disorder involving extreme chronic fatigue and the tendency to fall asleep suddenly and without warning. One of the reports from Finland, for […]
WHO urges investigation into link between flu shots, narcolepsy
By Liz Jones Hollis As 12 nations have reported suspected cases of narcolepsy linked to swine flu vaccination, World Health Organization scientists are saying more investigation is warranted. However, the health body has decided to keep its advice in favor of vaccination because it still believes the benefits outweigh a relatively small risk, spokeswoman Alison Brunier said, as quoted […]
