28 Pregnant women have died from swine flu

Twenty-eight pregnant women in the United States had died from H1N1 swine flu as of the end of August, and 100 pregnant women had been hospitalized in intensive care, federal health officials said Thursday.

Swine Flu and Pregnancy: What Your Doctor Might Not Tell You

While the officials said they’ve never tracked deaths of pregnant women from seasonal flu, the number of deaths from the H1N1 flu could be significant.

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Pregnant women already visit doctors far more frequently than most people do, and this winter, as swine flu spreads, a lot of scared women are going to be asking for extra appointments. It’s not just moms-to-be being overly cautious: swine flu, or H1N1, can be more dangerous for pregnant women. If you’re expecting, here’s what you need to know about staying flu-free this winter. Full story here

“These are really upsetting numbers,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said during an afternoon press conference.

“We have obstetricians here at CDC who are coordinating the outreach as well as the surveillance efforts around it,” she said. “And they’re talking to doctors around the country who have never seen this kind of thing before. We don’t track seasonal flu. We haven’t in the past tracked seasonal flu complications in pregnancy. But what we are seeing is quite striking.”  Read more here

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