{
  "id": 15612851,
  "title": "How does a mother's microbiome shape her baby's? New study offers clues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/how-does-a-mothers-microbiome-shape-her-babys-new-study-offers-clues",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:40:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-mother-microbiome-baby-clues.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At 2 to 4 months of age, infants share on average just over a third of their gut microbiome—an ecosystem seeded at birth that plays a role in shaping their future health—with their mother's gut or vaginal microbiome. That microbial sharing is notably higher when a mother has a vaginal birth as opposed to a C-section delivery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}