Fighting Flu in Newborns Begins in Pregnancy, Study Suggests

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Fighting Flu in Newborns Begins in Pregnancy, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101214151927.htm

"A three-year study by Yale School of Medicine researchers has found that vaccinating pregnant women against influenza is over 90 percent effective in preventing their infants from being hospitalized with influenza in the first six months of life. Published in the December 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the study builds on preliminary data the research team presented last year at the Infectious Disease Society of America in Philadelphia.

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 under six months of age. Preventive strategies for this age group include general infection control and vaccination of those coming in close contact with them.

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"When we compared vaccination rates during pregnancy in the study, we found that in the group of infants who didn't have influenza, far more mothers received the influenza vaccine," said Vazquez, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Yale. "In the group of infants studied, giving the vaccine to a woman during pregnancy was 91.5 percent effective in preventing hospitalization due to influenza."

Vazquez said that the study's findings provide an effective strategy for protecting infants under six months old, for whom no vaccine is available. She also points out that vaccination during pregnancy is cost-effective, as one vaccine protects two individuals.

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Mon Dec-20-10 11:05 AM
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1. Recommend - good news. Nt

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HuckleB

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Tue Feb-01-11 03:13 PM
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8. A belated thank you.

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Dorian Gray

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Mon Dec-20-10 11:14 AM
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2. I will do all I

can to keep my baby healthy. I was vaccinated per my doctor's recommendation while pregnant. It's a no-brainer to me.

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HuckleB

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Mon Dec-20-10 11:28 AM
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3. It's good to hear.

My best to you and your whole family.

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HuckleB

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Mon Dec-20-10 12:26 PM
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4. Clear Answers & Smart Advice About Your Baby�s Shots

http://www.windsorpeak.com/baby411/Vaccine.pdf

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HuckleB

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Mon Dec-20-10 03:12 PM
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5. Studies Show Flu Vaccines Safe in Pregnancy and Risks of Disease Complications Much Higher

http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=7360

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SheilaT

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Tue Dec-21-10 03:00 AM
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6. Wouldn't nursing

also transfer immunity to the baby?

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Dorian Gray

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Wed Dec-22-10 05:54 PM
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7. According to my daughter's pediatrician

it helps with immunity to anything I've come across, but if there is a new flu this year that I've never had, she's out of luck. But nursing is highly recommended, and I hope that it will help prevent any outbreaks of the flu this year in our household. (In conjunction with getting the flu vaccines for both my husband and me.)

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HuckleB

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Tue Feb-01-11 03:26 PM
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9. Flu Vaccine Efficacy

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=2040

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SheilaT

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Tue Feb-01-11 04:23 PM
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10. How many infants under the age of 6 months

actually get flu every year? Meaning, exactly how enormous is the risk? I just can't think of any babies I've known who even got flu, let alone needed to be hospitalized for it.

Has anyone bothered to sort them by those who were breast-fed and those who weren't?

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