The drug is nevirapine. If it is given within seventy-two hours after birth, it can often protect babies from H.I.V.
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So it is unlikely that the research, published in the journal Neuropsychology, will radically change the way that obstetricians and paediatricians approach delivery of premature babies, and their care in the first hoursafterbirth.
The time between when a woman begins labor and 48 hoursafter the birth of a baby is a high-risk period during which millions of newborn babies and new mothers die each year.