Tag: CDC recommendations
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Infection Transmission through Maternal Placenta Ingestion: A CDC Case Report
self insemination kit Recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised alarms regarding the consumption of placenta pills by postpartum mothers. This advisory follows a case involving a healthy newborn, delivered in September, who contracted Group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) bacteremia—an acute and potentially fatal blood infection—after the mother ingested…