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Saliva tests could save kids from lifelong disability – study

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024Arsen Mayer

The prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection –a leading cause of childhood neurologic deficits with lifelong implications – in Israel is about 0.7%. Since 15% of the annual 145,000 pregnancies in Israel involve seronegative mothers who lack the virus in their blood, 21,750 to 29,000 women are at risk of developing primary CMV infection during […]

New tech could save babies’ lives from sudden infant death syndrome

March 12, 2024March 15, 2024Arsen Mayer

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS or crib death) remains the leading cause of infant death between the ages of one month and one year in the Western world. In Israel, an average of 45 infants die from SIDS per year, 87% of them before six months of age. The risk can be reduced substantially if […]