Researchers Test Microbe Wipe to Promote Babies’ Health After C-Sections

NPR - Story quotes Juliette Madan, associate professor of pediatrics, about recent research that shows slathering babies born via cesarean in microbes from their mothers' birth canal might make it possible for them to benefit from picking up Mom's microbes, just like babies that are born naturally. "It's a very important study," says Madan, who was not involved in the study. "It's showing that this is a possible intervention that might restore a health-promoting microbiome and lead to improved health outcomes for life." (Also picked up by NHPR and KUNC.)