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CDC To Urge Swine Flu Vaccine For Pregnant Women : NPR

CDC advisers want pregnant women and their doctors now more than ever to heed guidelines to get vaccinated. A new study of the first two months of the swine flu outbreak shows that if infected, pregnant women are more likely to get severe flu.

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Tags: Vaccination, Flu, H1N1, Women's Health, Pregnancy, CDC, Vaccine, Flu Virus Vaccine

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AAFP, Others Reiterate Need for Pregnant Women to Be Immunized Against Flu -- AAFP News Now -- American Academy of Family Physicians

aafp.org — “The AAFP is again joining with other medical and public health organizations in an effort to emphasize the need for pregnant women to be vaccinated against novel influenza A (H1N1) and the seasonal flu. The Academy; the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG; the AMA; and the CDC have issued a joint letter asking physicians to urge their pregnant patients to get vaccinated.” View full resource at aafp.org