Transcript: CDC To Urge Swine Flu Vaccine For Pregnant Women

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July 29, 2009
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MADELEINE BRAND
NPR All Things Considered
07-29-2009
CDC To Urge Swine Flu Vaccine For Pregnant Women

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Time 21:00-22:00 PM

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As we just heard, the CDC committee says pregnant women should be some of the first people to get the swine flu vaccine. But as NPR's Richard Knox reports, it will not be so simple to convince pregnant women, or their doctors for that matter, to agree to the vaccine.

RICHARD KNOX: Dr. Iffath Hoskins saw firsthand this spring what the new pandemic virus can do to healthy pregnant women who start out with ordinary flu symptoms.

Dr. IFFATH HOSKINS (Chief, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lutheran Medical ...

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