Vaccine may protect babies from Group B strep infection

... Common bacteria that live harmlessly in the gastrointestinal tract and vagina of 25 percent of women can become lethal if a newborn gets exposed to them during birth. Researchers are studying a vaccine that may one day eliminate that risk. "If we could give a vaccine to prevent women from harboring group B streptococcus in the vagina, then babies are not going to get it," says Dr... click link for more info. ...