Dr. Jeanne Sheffield (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Jeanne Sheffield

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UT Southwestern researchers, including Dr. Jeanne Sheffield, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, have found that giving an anti-viral drug to pregnant women who have genital herpes significantly lowers the rate of Caesarean sections needed to protect the infant from becoming infected with the virus.

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