Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Child's death not linked to flu shot June 12, 2010 - 12:29PM
AAP
A coroner's autopsy has found no evidence to link a two-year-old Brisbane girl's death with a flu shot she received a day before she died.
Ashley Epapara was found dead in her cot on April 9, a day after she and her twin sister were given a seasonal influenza vaccination.
A Queensland Health pathologist provided autopsy results to the Queensland Coroner which found no evidence to link the seasonal flu vaccination to Ashley's death.
The results were released on Saturday because of the public interest surrounding the issue.
Queensland's chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said the autopsy, which included numerous laboratory tests, had not revealed a definitive cause of death but maintained there was no evidence to associate the death with the vaccine.
A nationwide suspension on the use of the flu vaccine remains in place as authorities continue their investigations into the cause of adverse reactions among young children under the age of five.
? 2010 AAP
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/childs-death-not-linked-to-flu-shot-20100612-y49l.html
AAP
A coroner's autopsy has found no evidence to link a two-year-old Brisbane girl's death with a flu shot she received a day before she died.
Ashley Epapara was found dead in her cot on April 9, a day after she and her twin sister were given a seasonal influenza vaccination.
A Queensland Health pathologist provided autopsy results to the Queensland Coroner which found no evidence to link the seasonal flu vaccination to Ashley's death.
The results were released on Saturday because of the public interest surrounding the issue.
Queensland's chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young said the autopsy, which included numerous laboratory tests, had not revealed a definitive cause of death but maintained there was no evidence to associate the death with the vaccine.
A nationwide suspension on the use of the flu vaccine remains in place as authorities continue their investigations into the cause of adverse reactions among young children under the age of five.
? 2010 AAP
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/childs-death-not-linked-to-flu-shot-20100612-y49l.html