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Baby Group B Strep: 'Not enough reseach'

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Researchers at Public Health England have discovered an increase in one of the most severe infections that can affect babies. Group B Streptococcal disease is the most common infection recorded on death certificates in the first months of life. But it can be targeted during pregnancy and is screened for in other countries - so why not in the UK? The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge reports.

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