Missing Beneficial Bacteria in Infant Guts Linked to Rising Asthma and Allergy Cases

Missing beneficial bacteria in infant guts linked to rising asthma and allergy cases

Nearly one in four infants lacks enough healthy gut bacteria essential for training their immune systems, putting them at greater risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as allergies, asthma, and eczema by age 2.

Study: U.S. babies lacking crucial gut bacteria

Over 75% of infants in the U.S. are deficient in Bifidobacterium – bacteria once a cornerstone of U.S. infants’ microbiome – according to initial findings published recently in Communications Biology.