Health Report

Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs


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Despite facing an increased risk of chronic disease later in life, remote Indigenous babies start life with a more diverse gut microbiome. 

A new study in Nature also found the infants have bacteria that have completely disappeared from non-Indigenous populations. 

Also, a guide to living healthy after a fatty liver disease diagnosis. And why fewer people are getting the HPV vaccine. 

References

  • Eating For Your Liver - Liver Foundation
  • 2025 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report
  • Indigenous infants in remote Australia retain an ancestral gut microbiome despite encroaching Westernization
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