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Pregnant women hit hard by swine flu
Pregnant women who get swine flu are at an increased risk of serious illness and death. Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have analysed the first 34 cases of pandemic H1N1 infections in pregnant women in the US, including 6 deaths, and found that expecting mothers were four times more likely to be hospitalized than other people with the virus.
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