Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian
05/28/2010
Australian health authorities are still offering no explanation for a spike in bad reactions in young children having the flu vaccine, more than a month after they were forced to suspend the program.
But GPs said it has led to a drop in the number of adults and older children having flu vaccine. Some doctors said they were not going out of their way to recommend it to otherwise healthy people.
_The West Australian _understands health authorities around the country were in meetings this week about the suspended vaccination program in children under of five. Following a spate of children treated for convulsions, the WA Health Department halted its free program for under-fives on April 22 and a day later the Commonwealth Health Department suspended the program nationally.