A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) has told a health board to review its weekend and evening staff following the death of a ...

Streptococcus agalactiae, commonly known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a significant pathogen that can lead to serious ...

Learn about Group B Strep (GBS), its causes, symptoms, risks, and treatment. Understand how Group B Streptococcus affects ...

"Our findings suggest that iGBS [invasive group B Streptococcus disease] prevention should be considered in future clinical practice for pregnant people. Successful prevention of iGBS would ...

Group B Streptococcus, which people may call group ... The bacteria may transmit from a pregnant person to their baby while giving birth. This mode of transmission is more likely for a baby ...

The autopsy report then confirmed he died of neonatal meningitis caused by a Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection. I started doing research. About 30% of pregnant women are carriers of Group B strep.

To add to the worry, the condition usually only affects pregnant women who in turn can pass what's known as GBS disease to their unborn child. So just how dangerous is group B strep, and what's ...

Researchers are unraveling the workings of Group B Strep (GBS) infections in pregnant women, which could someday lead to a life-saving vaccine. Researchers from Binghamton University, State ...

Now, Kathryn has a happy and healthy four-year-old in Joshua, but she is calling for local pregnant women to ask their midwives for information about group B Streptococcus (GBS) and to be tested.

A woman whose baby became critically ill with a Group B Streptococcus infection has called for testing for all pregnant women in Northern Ireland. Shannon Doherty's son Rían became ill when he ...