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Hospital data support flu vaccines for pregnant women and infants. (Protecting Newborns).
DENVER -- A comprehensive epidemiologic study of hospitalizations for acute respiratory infections in young children provides a compelling argument for immunization of pregnant women in order to protect their newborns.
The findings show that infants have far higher rates of hospitalization than do 1- to 5-year-olds, Marika K. Iwane, Ph.D., said at the National Immunization Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The data provide support for a policy now under consideration calling for universal influenza vaccination of all 6- to 23-month-olds. When respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza vaccines reach the market, as is anticipated within the next several years, the routine use of these vaccines in pregnancy and in 6- to 23-month-olds also will be looked at, said Dr. Iwane ...
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