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Experimental vaccine given during pregnancy reduces stillbirths from common virus

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- a common virus that can also cause mental retardation and hearing loss in newborn children who were infected in early fetal life.

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