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Pregnant women face quandary over vaccine
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
MINNEAPOLIS — The first shipments of the new H1N1 flu vaccine will arrive soon, and Stephanie Pelach, who’s six months pregnant, will have a decision to make.
Should she get a vaccine, approved only weeks ago, that has never been tested in pregnant women? Or take her chances with a flu strain that can be especially dangerous during pregnancy?
Health officials say that pregnant women should be among the first to get the new vaccine. They renewed their call Thursday after new data show that 100 pregnant women had been hospitalized with swine flu through late August and 28 of them had died from complications of the illness. But they know it will be an uphill battle persuading some people — even those who are at high risk — to take it.