The parents of a baby boy who died from a treatable bacterial infection say they are working to help others avoid a similar ...

On the strength of phase 2 data, the FDA has awarded coveted breakthrough status to Pfizer's vaccine against Group B Streptococcus (GBS), given to expectant mothers to prevent invasive infections ...

The majority of patients had cellulitis around the affected joint and were febrile, but no specific clinical or laboratory data unique to GBS were observed. Group B streptococcal prosthetic joint ...

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacteria about 25% of pregnant women carry. It's rare for babies to get GBS disease from their mothers during labor, but it can be very harmful. So healthcare ...

in a Series B funding round to take its novel group B streptococcus (GBS) vaccine into mid-stage clinical trials. When and if the pandemic finally recedes there will still be an ongoing issue with ...

It’s the UK’s most common cause of life threatening infection in newborn babies and is carried by around 150,000 pregnant women every year, yet GBS, Group B Streptococcus screening is not ...

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.

Tim and Hannah Taylor-Smith lost Zachary in November 2022 from a condition called Group B strep (GBS) just 14 hours after his birth at the Royal Derby Hospital. An inquest last year heard neglect ...