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Lawyers have launched a class action on behalf of 38 Britons - including 19 children - who developed narcolepsy after having the swine flu vaccine.
In February, scientists from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said there was evidence of a link between the Pandemrix jab - manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - and narcolepsy in children in England.
Its figures suggest about one in 55,000 children vaccinated - about 20 in the UK - are thought to have developed narcolepsy.
Lawyers Hodge Jones & Allen have now started legal action against GSK. It said compensation could be up to and possibly exceed £1m for each sufferer. The children who form part of the claim are now aged six...