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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Tuberculosis vaccine sickens 115 Romanian children; 50 hospitalized

NOVEMBER 25, 2012
Romania - On Friday, the Stockhom-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said that 115 children inRomania have been sickened by a tuberculosis vaccine made in Denmark according to Businessweek.com. The children had symptoms including swollen lymph nodes and abscesses, and 50 have been hospitalized since March. In a televised address on November 22,Romanian Health Minister Raed Arafatsaid that TB vaccinations would stop until the cause of the side effects is determined...  http://www.examiner.com/article/businessweek-com-115-children-ill-from-tuberculosis-vaccine-50-hospitalized