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...fatal about 10 percent of the time, and nearly 50 percent of Group B strep infants suffer long-term damage ranging from seizures to mental retardation as a result of the infection...
...harmless, but can be fatal or brain-damaging if passed to infants in the birth canal...
Dozens of other babies catch a slightly less fatal "late-onset" form of Group B strep from less intimate contact with infected adults when they're several weeks...
This is a story about how the Air Force pushed the principle of accountability to a tragic extreme. To make up for an earlier, fatal misdeed left initially unpunished, the Air Force court-martialed a pair of mechanics who had made what appeared to be a good repair on a piece of equipment that the Air Force admitted was poorly designed. Instead of acknowledging that it had been warned about the problem, the Air Force pursued the senior mechanic with such zeal that he came to believe suicide was his only escape...
...Score another point for healthy living. Half of all fatal CANCERS are linked to poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise--all factors that individuals can control. Environmental pollution, on the other hand, is responsible for a mere 2% of cancer deaths...