New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women. – Brinkwire

New research helps explain why flu can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.
The pre-clinical study has overturned current scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections affect pregnant women and their babies so severely.
The findings could also help researchers working to understand the fundamental biology of how COVID-19 spreads from the lungs into the body.
The research, in a…

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