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Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough vaccine as nine young babies die amid surge in cases in England | UK News
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Pregnant women have been advised to get vaccinated against whooping cough after nine young babies died as cases of the illness surged in England. Whooping cough, which affects the lungs and breathing tubes and spreads very easily, according to the NHS, is responsible for the deaths of nine babies between November and the end of…
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‘Virgin’ pregnant stingray Charlotte has ‘rare disease’, says North Carolina aquarium | Science & Tech News
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A stingray whose “virgin” pregnancy made global headlines has a rare reproductive disease, the aquarium housing her has said. In an update on the health of Charlotte the stingray, the Aquarium and Shark Lab in North Carolina said she had “developed a rare reproductive disease that has negatively impacted her reproductive system”. Charlotte captured international…
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‘Game-changing’ vaccine given to pregnant mums can cut risk of life-threatening disease RSV in their babies | Science & Tech News
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A “game-changing” vaccine given to pregnant mums can dramatically reduce the risk of a life-threatening respiratory disease in their babies, according to new results from a late-stage clinical trial. The vaccine, code-named RSVpreF, lowered the chances of severe illness from the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) by 82% in the first 90 days of life, and…