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Swine flu jab: narcolepsy link investigated
A possible increase in narcolepsy among children given the swine flu vaccine is being investigated by Finnish health officials.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - February 1, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: narcolepsy flu vaccine swine flu Source Type: news
Swine flu reaches 'epidemic' proportions in St Petersburg
Dozens have died in a seasonal outbreak of the killer flu virus sweeping across former Soviet countries
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - January 25, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Russia St Petersburg Ukraine Moscow Soviet swine flu vaccine eastern Ukraine swine flu Source Type: news
Swine flu jab narcolepsy risk is very small
Conclusion
This study confirms that the Pandemrix vaccine against swine flu is associated with a very small risk of narcolepsy in children and young people.
As the authors point out, this risk may have been overestimated if children with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated were more rapidly referred than others because of increased awareness of the link.
The methods used were practical for a rapid assessment of risk, but as this was essentially a case series analysis they are limited by a number of factors:
The rates calculated are dependent on the accurate diagnosis and identification of the cases of narcolepsy. By usin...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Medical practice 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(GSK), and which was recommended by the UK government to high-risk groups during the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic, was withdrawn after medical records showed a spike in the number of cases of narcolepsy presenting in doctors’ surgeries.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
Narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccine: the girl who falls asleep 40 times a day
Lucy Tonge was 13 when she developed narcolepsy after having the Pandemrix jab. She is appealing against the rejection of her compensation claimWhen Lucy Tonge started drifting off in front of the television as a 13-year-old, her parents put it down to typical teenage lethargy. And when she developed a strange habit of slumping forward when she laughed, her mum told her: “Stop doing that stupid thing when you laugh. It makes you look silly.” But she couldn’t.It was only when she started collapsing with no warning that her family sought medical advice that led to a diagnosis of narcolepsy. Soon afterwards, Tonge disco...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Science Swine flu Health Pharmaceuticals industry GlaxoSmithKline UK news Source Type: news
Woman who developed narcolepsy after swine flu jab had 'no quality of life'
Family of 23-year-old Katie Clack, who took her own life after struggling with the terrible effects of her incurable sleep disorder, vows to fight for justiceA 23-year-old nursery assistant who developed narcolepsy after receiving a swine flu vaccine took her own life last year, telling her family that living with the incurable sleep disorder had become unbearable.Katie Clack’s death raises fresh questions about the government’s long refusal to compensate about 80 people who developed narcolepsy as a rare side-effect of the vaccine, on the basis that the condition is not serious enough to merit payouts. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 13, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin science correspondent Tags: UK news Swine flu Health GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals industry Drugs Science Source Type: news
Narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccine: the girl who falls asleep 40 times a day
Lucy Tonge was 13 when she developed narcolepsy after having the Pandemrix jab. She is appealing against the rejection of her compensation claimWhen Lucy Tonge started drifting off in front of the television as a 13-year-old, her parents put it down to typical teenage lethargy. And when she developed a strange habit of slumping forward when she laughed, her mum told her: “Stop doing that stupid thing when you laugh. It makes you look silly.” But she couldn’t.It was only when she started collapsing with no warning that her family sought medical advice that led to a diagnosis of narcolepsy. Soon afterwards, Tonge disco...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Science Swine flu Health Pharmaceuticals industry GlaxoSmithKline 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
Swine flu infections trigger narcolepsy, not vaccine, says study
Swine flu infections could trigger a rare sleeping disorder, according to research that contradicts previous fears that a vaccine to protect against the virus was to blame.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - August 19, 2011 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Experts with links to drugs industry 'hyped swine flu'
Conclusion
This was a well-conducted study, albeit based on a small sample of articles. The finding that academics with ties to the drugs industry were more likely to make a higher assessment of risk from swine flu, and those promoting the use of antiviral drugs were more likely to have industry links, is worrying.
The general issue of academics with undisclosed links to the pharmaceutical industry being interviewed by journalists is of concern. That said, the study does not prove that media coverage either fuelled public anxiety about swine flu or the policy decisions made about drug or vaccine funding.
Similarly, the...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Medication 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 Vaccination Does Not Increase Risk Of Miscarriage
The idea that the swine flu vaccine given to Norwegian women in 2009 increased their risk of pregnancy loss has been dismissed as false according to a recent study carried out in The New England Journal of Medicine. Swine flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease of pigs, spread by direct and indirect contact. Its symptoms are very similar to those of a typical seasonal flu: body aches, cough, chills, temperature, headache and sore throat. Detection of the disease is often overlooked unless experts are specifically searching for it...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
