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Girl who died after HPV vaccine had underlying condition
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 29, 2009 11:38pm |
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| Author | CTV.ca News Staff |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | While the news of a 14-year-old girl dying within hours of receiving an HPV vaccination has worried many across Britain, health officials are stressing there is no reason to think the vaccine killed the girl.
Natalie Morton, 14, died Monday after receiving a vaccination at her Coventry-area school containing Cervarix, a vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline that helps protect against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
She had a "serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death," Dr. Caron Grainger, the director for public health at Coventry City Council, said in a statement Tuesday.
"We are awaiting further test results which will take some time. However, indications are that it was most unlikely that the ... vaccination was the cause of death." |
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