Mom's flu shot when pregnant protects baby

[The Straight Story]

Mom's flu shot when pregnant protects baby

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Babies, born to women who had flu vaccine while pregnant, were hospitalized at a lower rate than infants of unvaccinated mothers, U.S. researchers found.

Dr. Marietta Vazquez, assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, said influenza is a major cause of serious respiratory disease in pregnant women and of hospitalization in infants.

Although the flu vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women and children, no vaccine is approved for infants less than six months of age. Preventive strategies for this age group include general infection control and vaccination of those coming in close contact with the infant.

During nine flu seasons from 2000-2009, Vazquez and colleagues identified and tracked more than 350 mothers and infants up to 12 months of age hospitalized at Yale-New Haven Hospital. They compared 157 infants hospitalized due to influenza to 230 influenza-negative infants matched by age and date of hospitalization.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/11/03/Moms-flu-shot-when-pregnant-protects-baby/UPI-81101257280557/

[Javaman]

1. Wait for it...3...2...1...

:popcorn:

[uppityperson]

2. Shill!

[uppityperson]

3. apologist!

[uppityperson]

4. why do you want more autistic kids?

[uppityperson]

5. why do you want to endanger mine?

etc etc etc etc

[Egnever]

6. Duh

someone paid for this research?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. Thanks for posting.