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    Pregnant Women Should Still Get The Flu Vaccine, Doctors Advise

    Researchers and physicians say a study suggesting a link between the flu vaccine and miscarriage in a limited population is cause for more research, not a reason to change vaccination recommendations.
    by Rebecca Hersher Sep 25, 2017 2 minutes
    The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists calls the flu vaccine an "essential" part of prenatal care, for protection of the newborn as well as the woman. Infants typically don't get their own flu shot until age 6 months or later.

    Flu symptoms can be more severe when you're pregnant, landing women in the hospital, threatening their lives and even leading to preterm birth or miscarriage. The virus is a risk to the woman and the baby.

    So, it's particularly important that people who are. And it's also important that the effects of those vaccines be studied in pregnant women.

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