Maternal flu shots protect newborns: U.S. study

jerry submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)

Flu shots given to pregnant women a month or more before delivery will prevent most cases of influenza during the first six months of their babies' lives, researchers said.

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Secret of Newborn's First Words Revealed

England's neonatal service reorganisation fails to iron out regional variation in death rates

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 1 week (www.bmj.com)

Five years after a major reorganisation of England's neonatal services, large and unexplained variations between regions in mortality among neonates still exist, concludes a new report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

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the unleashed innate responses

sea-maid submitted, created time 6 months 2 days (www.pnas.org)

From this study, we know that neonates might suffer from the unleashed innate responses caused by an insufficient number of T cells, which leads to increased morbidity and mortality.

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