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Flu jab gave our six-year-old son narcolepsy

Boy slept for up to 19 HOURS a day after reaction to vaccine

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Parents claim link between flu vaccine and narcolepsy

Parents of children who have been struck down with the sleeping syndrome narcolepsy claim that it could have been triggered by the swine flu vaccine.

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Flu jab gave our six-year-old son narcolepsy: Boy slept for up to 19 HOURS a day after reaction to vaccine

Our son ‘was like he was a puppet whose strings had been cut’
GlaxoSmithKline deny a ‘causal link’ between narcolepsy and Pandemrix

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Narcolepsy link to swine flu vaccine investigated

For almost two years, an infant school pupil has found himself losing muscle control and falling asleep at a moment’s notice due to a rare sleeping illness.

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Missing my swine flu jab nearly killed me… and my unborn baby

Martyn Escott can hardly take his eyes off his wife as she cradles their tiny son in her arms and whispers tenderly: ‘He’s a miracle.’

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Swine flu mother reunited at home with premature son born when she was in coma

A mother and baby have been reunited just in time for Mother’s Day after they both endured a fierce battle for survival from swine flu.

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On the brink of death

Mother-to-be who survived swine flu coma releases terrifying picture to persuade others to have jab

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Baby girl born to swine flu mother in coma is healthy enough to go home

Leanne has been in an induced coma for two months and still doesn’t know she’s a mother

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My husband died from swine flu after medics repeatedly turned him away, says pregnant widow

A father has died from swine flu after repeatedly being turned away by medical staff, his pregnant wife claimed today.

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Swine flu vaccine likely causes child narcolepsy: study

Children injected with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine were nine times more likely to contract narcolepsy than those who were not vaccinated, a preliminary study by Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, showed Tuesday.

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Children given swine flu shots have an increased risk of narcolepsy, Finnish experts find

Children given a swine flu vaccine have an increased risk of a sleep disorder, Finnish researchers have found.

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Boys pass flu on to boys and girls to girls

Boys mainly pass on swine flu to boys, and girls to girls, a study has shown.

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Gloucestershire swine flu mother ‘breathing on own’

A new mother from Gloucestershire who was put in a coma after she contracted swine flu is now breathing on her own.

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Swine flu SAVED my baby

Boy delivered early after mother falls ill… then doctors realise he would have died in womb

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Three in four mothers-to-be miss out on flu jab

Almost three-quarters of pregnant women have not been vaccinated against swine flu, the Health Secretary has admitted.

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Doctors ordered to stop giving flu jabs to children

Health officials have ordered doctors to shelve a vaccination programme which was under way to protect children from swine flu.

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Chief medical officer urges swine flu virus calm

The NI chief medical officer has reassured parents of healthy children that there is no need for alarm over the swine flu outbreak.

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My baby nearly died when the hospital that failed Lana Ameen sent him home with swine flu

Hospital doctors failed to notice that five-week-old Harvey Flanagan had swine flu.

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Gloucester swine flu mother remains in coma

A 21-year-old woman remains seriously ill in hospital after contracting swine flu while pregnant.

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Swine flu mother fighting for life may never see daughter she gave birth to while in coma

Parents demand to know why Leanne was never given swine flu jab

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Grandmother dies from swine flu AFTER she has the jab

A grandmother-of-three thought she was safe from swine flu after she had the vaccine months ago.

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Father of three-year-old girl dead from swine flu blames Government, doctors and himself

Dr Zana Ameen, the father of three-year-old Lana Ameen, who died just hours after falling ill with swine flu, said she was let down by everyone involved – including himself.

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My darling daughter died for the lack of a £6 jab

Grief and anger of swine flu victim’s doctor father

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Vaccinate all children against swine flu, say parents who lost girl

The parents of a “bright and bubbly” three-year-old girl who died from swine flu have called for all children to be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus.

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Mother, 32, dies from swine flu just days after giving birth to son as death figures hit 50

Gulf war hero and devoted school helper are two of the latest swine flu victims.

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TV talent show winner Olivia, 17, becomes latest swine flu victim

A talented teenage actress has become the latest victim of the swine flu outbreak.

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Nearly a QUARTER of intensive care beds taken up by swine flu victims as teenage girl becomes latest victim

A teenage girl has become the latest victim of the swine flu outbreak.

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Schools put on swine flu alert

As Christmas holidays end, doctors warn of a ‘children’s epidemic’

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Swine flu kills animal trainer on Harry Potter films

An animal trainer who worked on the Harry Potter films has become the latest swine flu victim.

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Parents urged to vaccinate children considered at risk

Figures from the Royal College of GPs suggest that last week levels of flu, including H1N1 swine flu, rose by more than 40%.

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Aberystwyth couple’s joy at baby’s swine flu recovery

A new father has told how he and his partner spent Christmas Day keeping vigil at their baby daughter’s bedside after she contracted swine flu.

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Pregnant mother-of-four fights for life after she is rushed to hospital with swine flu on Christmas Day

A pregnant mother of four is fighting for her life after contracting swine flu.

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Girl, 17, dies just 48 hours after contracting swine flu in hospital

A teenage girl is the latest person to die from swine flu after she contracted the virus in hospital.

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Six-week-old boy who beat swine flu returns home

Just days ago six-week-old Harvey Flanagan was fighting for his life with swine flu.

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Mother and unborn baby die during childbirth after being taken to hospital with suspected swine flu

A mother and her baby have died during childbirth after being rushed to hospital with suspected swine flu.

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Pregnant mother out of coma as she and her unborn baby beat swine flu

A pregnant woman who was left fighting for her life after contracting swine flu is now on the road to recovery.

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Young not taking swine flu vaccine

Young people are at a greater risk from swine flu than the over-60s but are more reluctant to get vaccinated, an expert has warned.

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Doctors warn pregnant mother of four with swine flu might have to lose her baby to live

Doctors have warned a pregnant mother-of-four who is fighting for her life after contracting swine flu might have to lose her baby to live.

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Fighting for her life

Girl, 9, is latest victim of swine flu epidemic sweeping Britain

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Mother-of-two, 32, dies from swine flu two weeks before Christmas as the disease kills TEN

A mother of two has died from swine flu in an outbreak of the virus which has claimed up to five lives in a 30-mile radius.

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Swine flu cases confirmed at Cardiff independent school

Health officials are investigating a high number of cases of flu, including swine flu, at a school in Cardiff.

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Swine flu warning to mothers-to-be over fears it’s making a comeback

Pregnant women are being warned to get a flu jab over fears that swine flu is making an unexpected comeback.

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Swine flu girl ‘was bright light’

Swine flu girl ‘was bright light’

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Swine flu caused deaths of 70 youngsters in nine months, with ethnic children the hardest hit

Swine flu caused deaths of 70 youngsters in nine months, with ethnic children the hardest hit

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Swine flu killed three times more children than ordinary influenza: research

Swine flu killed three times more children than ordinary influenza: research

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Swine flu jab to be offered to pregnant women

Swine flu jab to be offered to pregnant women

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Pregnant women to be vaccinated against flu for first time

Pregnant women to be vaccinated against flu for first time

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Dozens of Australian children fall ill from flu vaccine

Doctors across Australia have been ordered to stop giving young children the seasonal flu vaccine after 44 children fell ill hours after being immunised.

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Boy died after NHS staff wrongly diagnosed swine flu

Neglect contributed to the death of an eight-year-old schoolboy at the height of last year’s swine flu outbreak, after 999 and NHS staff mistook his diabetes for the H1N1 virus, a coroner ruled today.

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Swine flu spread by jet-setting private school children, expert claims

Swine flu spread by jet-setting private school children, expert claims

Swine flu in Britain was partially spread by rich public school children returning from exotic holidays, a leading expert on flu pandemics has claimed.

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