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COVID lockdowns altered babies’ microbiomes

Isolation can have lasting effects on the composition of microbes in the gut, but links to other health conditions are still poorly understood.
  1. Lilly Tozer
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Babies born during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic have a different composition of gut microbes compared with those born before the introduction of lockdowns in March 2020, according to a handful of studies investigating the effects of pandemic control measures on infant health.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02994-8

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