Earlier in 2018, researchers from the University of Toronto published a ground-breaking study in the New England Journal of Medicine linking heart attacks and influenza. The study by Dr. Jeffrey Kwong and colleagues examined almost 20,000 patients who tested positive for influenza.
Date: Nov 01, 2018
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Flu shot greatly reduces risk of hospitalization for pregnant women: study
A lot of women are really scared to get anything during their pregnancy, so theyre afraid to get vaccines, said co-author Jeffrey Kwong, a scientist with ICES and Public Health Ontario. But women who are pregnant are more likely to be hospitalized if they get influenza.