Looking at more than 100,000 individuals born during and around the time of the 1918 flu pandemic in the US, a collaborative study has shown that people exposed to an H1NI strain of influenza A were significantly more likely to develop cardiovascular disease later in life. “Our point is that during pregnancy, even mild sickness [...] Related posts: Long-term ozone exposure linked to higher death risk Rheumatoid arthritis patients face equal risk from Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease Med