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This July marks the 22nd annual International Group B Strep Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness for an illness that often shows no symptoms in pregnant women, but can pose serious health risks when passed to their newborn during birth.

About 1 in 4 pregnant women carry GBS, many of them unaware due to a lack of symptoms before passing it on to their newborn. It’s one of the reasons the CDC says GBS is a leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in infants.

Many cases are asymptomatic, but can cause issues among those with other medical conditions including diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. And while the CDC says just 1 in 10,000 non-pregnant adults test positive for GBS each year, 1 in 20 of those positive cases result in death.

Learn more about Group B Strep spreads, how it can impact a pregnancy, what treatment options are available, and more.