Partinen M, Saarenpää-Heikkilä O, Ilveskoski I, Hublin C, Linna M, Olsén P, et al. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33723.
Background: Narcolepsy is a rare neurological sleep disorder especially in children who are younger than 10 years. In the beginning of 2010, an exceptionally large number of Finnish children suffered from an abrupt onset of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy. Therefore, we carried out a systematic analysis of the incidence of narcolepsy in Finland between the years 2002-2010.
The CDC pledges “To base all public health decisions on the highest quality scientific data, openly and objectively derived.” But Peter Doshi argues that in the case of influenza vaccinations and their marketing, this is not so.
USA are experiencing a peak in influenza activity, with the influenza A(H3N2) viruses being the most recurrent strain so far this season. A(H3N2) viruses are predominating also in Europe and in both cases they exhibit antigenic differences to the virus included in the 2014–2015 northern hemisphere influenza vaccine.
