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  • Miscarriages, H1N1 shots 'not linked'

    By Shan Juan

    "Several pregnant women had miscarriages after receiving the H1N1 flu vaccine on the Chinese mainland but the cases were not linked to the shots themselves, China's vaccine chief said yesterday...

    Most of the victims reported are women who were three months pregnant or less, Liang said.

    About 15 percent of recognized pregnancies will end in a miscarriage, studies have found. More than 80 percent of miscarriages occur within the first three months of pregnancy.

    "The miscarriages detected were all coincidental. In other words, without receiving the vaccine, it may still happen," Liang said...

    A/H1N1 flu cases on the Chinese mainland last week accounted for 26.8 percent of all flu cases, down from 39.1 percent the previous week...From January 18 to 24, the mainland reported a total of 1,074 A/H1N1 cases, 255 people hospitalized and 21 related deaths, said a notice released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday..."
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