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Are women miscarrying because of vaccine?
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Published: November 12, 2009
Q. I've heard that women are having miscarriages as a result of the vaccine. Is this true or more anti-vaccine hype?
- Anthony
A. Dealing with miscarriage is a personal tragedy, and it's something more than 14,000 women experience each week in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, there are no specific cases reported to the CDC linking miscarriage to the H1N1 vaccine. They've included this concern on the "myths" page of their influenza Web site at the link below.
Do you have a question or comment about swine flu that isn't being addressed?
Visit our Swine Flu home page to submit your question, and health writer Mary Shedden will get you the answer.
Helping us track it all down is the Hillsborough County Health Department, which, like us, draws much of its information from the very helpful Web sites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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