(HealthDay)—The country's leading health agency on Wednesday implored all Americans who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant to get a coronavirus vaccine.
The influenza VC estimates in pregnant women was 7%. Although influenza vaccination has been recommended for all French pregnant women for the past five years, HCPs rarely recommend this vaccination鈥揾ence, the low VC. Informing and raising awareness among HCPs seems to be crucial to improve ...
Provides insights into pregnant women's health and hygiene. Advocacy by general practitioners of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant women; Implications of the vaccine for babies; Role of...
We surveyed physician prenatal care providers in Oregon to assess their knowledge and behaviors regarding vaccination of pregnant women. From September through November 2011, a state-wide survey was mailed to a simple random sample (n = 1,114) of Oregon obstetricians and family physicians. ...
Two recent studies were unable to rule out that H1N1 ("swine flu") vaccination (Pandemrix) and seasonal influenza vaccination given to pregnant women might be associated with autism-spectrum disorder in the offspring. Now, ...
The CDC suggests that providers can better inform women about the recommended maternal vaccines. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that all women who are or may become pregnant during flu season receive an influenza vaccine, and all pregnant women receive...
Pregnant women with severe or critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at increased risk for preterm birth and pregnancy loss. In studies of hospitalized pregnant women with COVID-19, which have included between 240 and 427 infected women, the risk for preterm delivery (both ...
A pregnant woman with hepatitis B can pass the infection to her baby during delivery, and without prompt treatment, the baby has a high risk of contracting serious liver diseases as an adult. The CDC recommends that all pregnant women be screened for hepatitis B because it's possible to have...
3. Clinical significance of influenza vaccination for pregnant women 3.1. Pregnant women are at high risk for influenza infection and serious influenza-related complications Severe cases of influenza infection in pregnant women were first reported in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which led to death ...
Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants REPLY Newborns and infants are at risk for severe infections with some pathogens (eg,Bordetella pertussis, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, group BStreptococcus) during early life. To decrease this window of high susceptibility...