Flu vaccine ‘safe in any trimester of pregnancy’

The influenza vaccine is safe to receive at any stage during pregnancy, the results of a large Australian study have determined. The study, published in the journal Vaccine, found that birth outcomes, specifically birth weight and weeks' gestation of the infant at birth, are not affected by the influenza vaccine during any trimester of pregnancy. Researchers at the Australian National…

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