Kids Vaccine Linked to Fever, Seizures

February 28, 2008 By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Children suffered higher rates of fever-related convulsions when they got a Merck & Co. combination vaccine instead of two separate shots, according to a new study presented Wednesday.

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