Flu shots while pregnant tied to lower preterm birth risk

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Pregnant women who received a flu shot were less likely to deliver early or have babies with low birth weight, say researchers in Nova Scotia who called the vaccination rates after the 2009 pandemic flu season "disappointing."

In Monday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, doctors reviewed rates of seasonal flu vaccination for 12,223 women in Nova Scotia who gave birth to to a liveborn or stillborn infant between 2010 and 2012.

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