Antibiotics diminish babies’ immune response to key vaccines
The drugs disrupt gut bacteria, which appear to play a part in the body’s response to vaccines
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Babies are immunized in their first years of life against infectious diseases that are especially risky to the very young. Taking antibiotics during this time was associated with less-than-protective levels of certain vaccine-induced antibodies, a new study finds.
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