Global Health: How To Prevent Deadly Infection In Babies? Good Bacteria

DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., NY Times: Health
Mon, 08/21/2017 - 2:50pm

A one-week dose of a probiotic isolated from a healthy infant’s diaper lowered rates of deadly sepsis in babies by 40 percent, researchers report.

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