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Tamiflu: drugs given for swine flu 'were waste of £500m'
Drug Tamiflu does nothing to halt the spread of influenza and Government wasted nearly £500?million stockpiling it over swine flu pandemic, study finds
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - May 13, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: influenza drugs pandemic tamiflu swine flu Source Type: news
Swine flu jab and narcolepsy may be linked by autoimmune response
Vaccine may have caused narcolepsy by triggering the production of antibodies which destroy a sleep-regulating part of the brain, a new study suggestsScientists appear close to pinpointing why a swine flu vaccine given to six million people in Britain triggered the devastating sleep disorder, narcolepsy, in rare cases.The Pandemrix vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and which was recommended by the UK government to high-risk groups during the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic, was withdrawn after medical records showed a spike in the number of cases of narcolepsy presenting in doctors’ surgeries. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin, science correspondent Tags: Swine flu Science Health Vaccines and immunisation Health policy UK news Source Type: news
Ministers lose fight to stop payouts over swine flu jab narcolepsy cases
Dozens of children who developed sleep disorder after getting vaccine could get compensation after high court rulingDozens of children who developed narcolepsy as a result of a swine flu vaccine could be compensated after the high court rejecteda government appeal to withhold payments.Six million people in Britain, and more across Europe, were given the Pandemrix vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline during the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic, but the jab was withdrawn after doctors noticed asharp rise in narcolepsy among those who received it.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Vaccines and immunisation Swine flu Health Society World news UK news Source Type: news
Government set to u-turn over narcolepsy link to swine-flu jab
The Government is set to u-turn over the safety of a swine flu vaccine given to six million people in Britain and accept that on rare occasions it can trigger narcolepsy.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - September 20, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Boy wins £120,000 damages for narcolepsy triggered by swine flu vaccine
Ruling comes after government claimed illness was not serious enough to merit payment, and opens door for up to 100 families to seek compensationA 12-year-old boy has been awarded £120,000 by a court that agreed he had been left severely disabled by narcolepsy triggered by the swine flu vaccine, following a three-year battle in which the government had claimed that his illness was not serious enough to merit payment. The ruling is expected to lead to as many as 100 other families of people affected by the sleeping disorder after receiving the vaccine bringing fresh compensation claims, in a dispute where the governme...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 10, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: UK news Pharmaceuticals industry Drugs Law GlaxoSmithKline Health Science Swine flu Source Type: news
Flu Season Now As Bad As 2009 Swine Flu
NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.
A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That ties the highest level seen in the U.S. during swine flu in 2009.
And it surpasses every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu.
“I wish that there were better news this week, but almost everything we’re looking at is bad news,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director of the Centers for Disea...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - February 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Local News Flu Swine Flu Source Type: news
Swine flu 'growing in resistance' to Tamiflu
Strains of swine flu that are resistant to the drug Tamiflu are spreading, say experts, raising more questions about a government decision to spend £500 million stockpiling it.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: h1n1 roche tamiflu resistance swine flu Source Type: news
This Year ’s Flu Is Now as Bad as the 2009 Swine Flu Epidemic, CDC Says
(NEW YORK) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.
A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That ties the highest level seen in the U.S. during swine flu in 2009.
And it surpasses every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu.
“I wish that there were better news this week, but almost everything we’re looking at is bad news,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director of the Centers for Dise...
Source: TIME: Health - February 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe / AP Tags: Uncategorized APH flu healthytime onetime Source Type: news
US flu season now as bad as 2009 swine flu epidemic
Some doctors say this is the worst flu season they have seen in decades. Some people are saying that, tooThe flu has further tightened its grip on the US This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.A government report on Friday shows one of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That ties the highest level seen in the US during swine flu in 2009.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Associated Press Tags: US news Health Flu Science Source Type: news
Government response after swine flu may have led to more deaths: Liam Donaldson
The Coalition's decision to scrap the flu awareness campaign after coming into power may have contributed to hundreds of preventable deaths, the government's former chief medical officer has said.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - April 16, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NHS Choices "Behind the Headlines Assessment": Swine flu jab narcolepsy risk is very small
Source: NHS Choices
Area: News
The Behind the Headlines service from NHS Choices has featured a quality assessment of a study published in the BMJ and reported widely in the media. The study (designed as a retrospective analysis) found an increased risk of narcolepsy after vaccination with ASO3 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2009 vaccine (Pandemrix vaccine), thus suggesting a causal association.
The NHS Choices assessment acknowledges that the media reports are underpinned by "a well-conducted, government-funded study that confirms findings of previous research from Finland". However, it also stresses that the risk...
Source: NeLM - News - February 28, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Government set to u-turn over narcolepsy link to swine-flu jab
The Government is set to u-turn over the safety of a swine flu vaccine given to six million people in Britain and accept that on rare occasions it can trigger narcolepsy.
Source: Telegraph Health - September 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study: Women Who Had Miscarriages Were More Likely To Have Received Flu Shots
NEW YORK (AP) — A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu.
Vaccine experts think the results may reflect the older age and other miscarriage risks for the women, and not the flu shots. Health officials say there is no reason to change the government recommendation that all pregnant women be vaccinated against the flu. They say the flu itself is a much greater danger to women and their fetuses.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reached out to a doctor...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Source Type: news
