Three deaths may have link to flu jab Three patient deaths have been reported to the State’s drugs monitoring agency relating to administration of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix in the past two years, according to figures obtained by...
Read moreThe Adverse Effects Following Immunisation (AEFI) committee at Ratnagiri, constituted by the state health department, will analyse the death of an eight-month-old baby girl who had received oral polio vaccine (OPV) drops in Nandgaon village on...
Read more3 Month old Girl Dead after DPT Vaccine A 3-month-old baby girl suddenly died on Wednesday after being injected with a DPT vaccine (refers to a class of combo vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) and taking liquid- form polio...
Read moreFour Children Dead and 74 Seriously Sickened after Vaccination in China China’s Health Ministry is investigating the safety of inoculations in a northern province after a report that defective vaccines possibly killed four children and...
Read moreDisciplinary Action to be Taken Against Medics Who Vaccinated Contraindicated Girl, Who Then Died As a Result Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday instructed National Drugs Control Authority Chairman Dr. Hemantha...
Read moreTwo Children Die After Vaccination Two children, including an infant, died after being administered vaccines in a Bihar village, health officials and parents said on Tuesday. A 20-day-old boy died on Monday, a day after he was administered DPT...
Read moreDPT And Polio Boosters Kill 18 Month Old Girl “It is surprising to note that there have been several deaths following immunisation, and the administration has not been able to find a solution to this,” a senior doctor said. Following...
Read moreA mother recounts the horror she faced at the immunization centre. ”She died at the centre itself soon after the vaccine. Froth started coming out of her nose instantly,” said Suganthy. The measles vaccination programme may be...
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Unilateral Optic Neuritis: A Rare Complication after Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination in a 30-Year-Old Woman. Abstract Purpose. To report a case of unilateral optic neuritis following Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination. Methods. A...
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A woman has won her fight to prove she was left deaf by the MMR jab – only the second time it has been linked to disability. But a medical assessment panel ruled Katie Stephen, 21, will not receive compensation because she is not considered...
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Sakchhyam used to be quite capable, as his name suggests. But a seemingly harmless booster dose of measles vaccine has turned the world upside down for the six-year-old, who now has to cope with failing eyesight. Sakchhyam Adhikari was...
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Shawn and Shelley Wallace had their daughter inoculated with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination in December. Five days later she fell ill with a high temperature. She was given medication but did not recover for close to six weeks...
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