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Knox Public Health is committed to promoting safe sleep practices for infants, during Safe Sleep and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month in October. Since babies can fall asleep in many different places, it is crucial to understand how to create safe sleep environments. October’s observance provides an opportunity for KPH to remind parents, caregivers,…

Published in Nature, the study followed 714 mother–infant pairs from pregnancy through the first year after birth to track how the infant gut microbiome develops and where its bacterial strains originate

The large longitudinal study found that the maternal gut microbiome is a central influence on early-life microbial development and health, providing new insights into how maternal and early-life factors shape the developing infant gut