City Living Means More Coughs, Colds for Kid

Young children who grow up in towns and cities instead of the countryside suffer more respiratory infections

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In the first study, researchers included more than 660 children and their mothers.

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By age 3, kids living in urban areas averaged 17 respiratory infections.

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Researchers analyzed the infants’ immune systems at 4 weeks of age and found differences between the urban and rural babies.

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