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Many U.S. babies may lack gut bacteria that train their immune systems

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24 percent of babies born in U.S. had no detectable levels of Bifidobacterium , gut microbes that digest sugars in breast milk.

Antibiotics are one reason gut microbes are disappearing from infant guts.

Babies who took antibiotics had 3.3 times the risk of developing allergic conditions than those that didn’t need the drugs.

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