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seasonal flu vaccine
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TGA finds possible cause of Fluvax convulsions but ban remains
THE ban on using Fluvax in children younger than five years will continue, the TGA has revealed, while a cause may have finally emerged for this year’s spate of febrile convulsions. In an update to its investigation into the high rate of febrile convulsions related to CSL’s seasonal vaccine, the TGA revealed its ‘current working hypothesis’ on the cause of the fevers. “The content of neuraminidase appears to be higher in the H1N1 strain used in the 2010 seasonal vaccine,” it said in a report posted to its website. Excess neuraminidase enzyme activity may be pyrogenic, ...
Flu vaccine debacle sparks call for new event register
THE pressure is on for a new, robust, national vaccine adverse events reporting system following a scathing review of the official response to this year’s influenza vaccine crisis. GPs are saddled with a confusing, cumbersome system which varies between states and impairs timely response to issues such as the high rate of febrile convulsions in children seen in April, a report to the WA Government said. The reviewer, former WA chief medical officer Professor Bryant Stokes, also called for a formal review of allegations that adverse events surveillance in Australia was fraught by conflicts of interest with ...
Suspension of flu vaccination continues for under-fives
ADVICE against seasonal flu vaccination of children younger than five years of age will remain, with an extensive inquiry failing to identify a cause of this year’s spate of febrile seizures. The TGA said there were 100 confirmed cases of post-vaccination febrile convulsions in young children, including 58 from Western Australia. “CSL’s Fluvax or Fluvax Junior was used in all 66 cases where the brand of the seasonal influenza vaccine was reported,” the authority said. The Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer suspended use of trivalent seasonal vaccine in children younger than five years in late April and ...