New Mothers Also at Risk from H1N1

[indigo girl]

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2009/12/new-mothers-also-at-risk-from-h1n1.html

This is important information. Even two weeks after giving birth, new mothers are at increased risk for severe complications from swine flu, and should be given Tamiflu.

An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine flu in California found that those who had a baby in the previous two weeks were at higher risk of severe flu complications.

The new report, released Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first to look at the risk to women who recently gave birth and highlights "the continued high risk immediately after pregnancy," the researchers wrote.

As a result of the research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised its guidelines, recommending that flu drugs be given to women who show signs of the flu soon after they give birth.