Severe Flu in Pregnant Women Linked to Poor Outcomes in Newborns

Pregnant women who are seriously ill with influenza are more likely to deliver babies with complications than those without the flu or with milder cases, a study that considered more than 3000 pregnancies has found. “Severely ill women with 2009 H1N1 influenza during pregnancy were more likely to have adverse birth outcomes, such as their baby being born preterm or of low birth weight than women without influenza,” lead author Kimberly Newsome, MPH, BSN, said