Pre-Birth Exposure to 1918 Flu Raised Heart Risks, Study Finds

Because pregnant women are at a high risk for complications from the flu, the CDC has put them at the front of both the seasonal and H1N1 vaccine line.

"If you are a woman of reproductive age and likely to be pregnant, be very sure you have gotten vaccinated," Finch advised.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has more information on flu at its Web site flu.gov.

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