Breast milk sugar may protect babies against deadly infection
Friday, August 26, 2016 - 14:41
in Health & Medicine
A type of sugar found naturally in some women’s breast milk may protect newborn babies from infection with a potentially life threatening bacterium called Group B streptococcus, according to a new study. These bacteria are a common cause of meningitis in newborns and the leading cause of infection in the first three months of life globally.