The H1N1 flu virus or swine flu has been affecting pregnant women remarkably hard, putting them among the first group notified to get a new swine flu shot this fall.
The warning from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention follows an analysis of flu deaths in the United States, which indicates pregnant women comprise 13% of those who have died.
The report is supported by data collected and analyzed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC data report on the first six deaths among pregnant women with H1N1, looking at the period between April 15 and June 16, 2009.
The CDC has stated there are more than one million Americans that have been sickened by the H1N1 flu and more than 300 people have died as of July 24.
Presently, not much is known about the potential side effects of the vaccine on the fetus however, scientists say their benefits are in all likelihood to be greater than the risks.
The initial trials of the new H1N1 vaccine start in August and 160 million doses could be ready by October.
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