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On Jun 3, 1996 the FDA approved a new test, which measures the amount of the AIDS virus in the blood, to help determine how fast an individual's infection with HIV is progressing to full-fledged AIDS. Roche Diagnostic Systems Inc received approval to market and distribute the test, called the Amplicor H.I.V.-1 to laboratories in the US

New York Yankees pitcher David Cone, who underwent surgery on May 10, 1996 to remove an aneurysm in an artery of his right shoulder, pitched a complete game on May 2. The dangers associated with the aneurysm, and the Yankees' decision to allow Cone to pitch despite their knowledge of his condition, are examined

In a move affecting all pregnant women, federal health officials have recommended new strategies to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns. The recommendations to prevent the infection, from group B streptococci, are likely to lead to treating hundreds of thousands of pregnant women with antibiotics during labor. The recommendations affect about a million pregnant women who carry these bacteria in their intestinal and genital tracts without developing illness, but who can transmit the microbe to their babies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said in publishing the recommendations this week

In a move affecting all pregnant women, federal health officials on Thursday recommended new strategies to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns. The recommendations to prevent the infection, from group B streptococci, are likely to lead to treating hundreds of thousands of pregnant women with antibiotics during labor. Group B strep infections are the most common serious infection in newborns. About 7,600 newborns, or 1 in 500, develop group B strep infections each year. Infection is usually acquired during pregnancy when the bacteria climb from the vagina to the womb or during passage through the birth canal

In a move affecting all pregnant women, federal health officials recommended new strategies Thursday to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns. The recommendations affect about 1 million pregnant women who carry these bacteria in their intestinal and genital tracts without developing illness but who can transmit the microbe to their babies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said in publishing the recommendations

In a move affecting all pregnant women, federal health officials recommended new strategies yesterday to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns. The recommendations affect about 1 million pregnant women who carry these bacteria in their intestinal and genital tracts without developing illness but who can transmit the microbe to their babies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said in publishing the recommendations

In a move affecting all pregnant women, federal health officials on Thursday recommended new strategies to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns. The recommendations to prevent the infection, from group B streptococci, are likely to lead to treating hundreds of thousands of pregnant women with antibiotics during labor. Group B strep infections are the most common serious infection in newborns. About 7,600 newborns, or 1 in 500, develop group B strep infections each year. Infection is usually caused during pregnancy when the bacteria climb from the vagina to the womb or during passage through the birth canal

In a move affecting all pregnant women, FDA officials recommended new strategies to reduce the incidence of a serious and often fatal bacterial infection in newborns brought on by group B streptococci. The recommendations affect about one million pregnant women who carry these bacteria in their intestines and genital tracts without developing illness but who can transmit the microbe to their babies

Group B strep infections are the most common serious infection in newborns. About 7,600 newborns, or 1 in 500, develop group B strep infections each year. Infection is usually acquired during pregnancy when the bacteria climb from the vagina to the womb or during passage through the birth canal. Treatment is directed at the mother following testing about one month before she gives birth because group B strep infections in newborns ''are easier to prevent than trying to save the baby after it occurs,'' said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a CDC epidemiologist. Dr. Schuchat said federal officials were urging pregnant women to ask doctors about possible treatment because ''this is one bad thing that can happen to your baby that you can actually do something about up front.''

Two hundred years after a vaccine was first used to stem the spread of smallpox, the World Health Organization has decided to destroy the last remaining stocks of the smallpox virus, one of the biggest killers in history. Destruction is scheduled for June 30, 1999, according to a plan that representatives of 190 counties approved at the final day of the weeklong annual meeting of the health organization. Final approval is required by member countries of WHO, the United Nations agency in Geneva, at their May 1999 meeting