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Giving pregnant women antibiotics could harm the lungs of preemies, according to study in mice

  • Written by Kent Willis, Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Tennessee
Premature infants are at higher risk for lung diseases.Sarahbean/Shutterstock.com

Born after just 23 of the normal 40 weeks of pregnancy, the extremely preterm baby is small enough to fit in the palm of my hand and weighs just one and a quarter pounds. I am a neonatologist, a physician that cares for these preterm babies in intensive care. Most of...

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