Friday, September 24, 2010

Flu Vaccine Side Effects Worse For Children Than The Disease

Public health experts have called for an independent body to monitor drug safety after it emerged that young children were more likely to end up in hospital because of the side effects from flu vaccine then they were from the disease itself . the analysis contradicts government safety advice that the harm did not outweigh the risk and raises concerns about the therapeutic goods administration’s assessment of the vaccine.

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/side-effects-worse-than-the-disease-20100917-15gbm.html