{"id":7469,"date":"2017-07-17T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:19:03","slug":"dirt-is-good-why-kids-need-exposure-to-germs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7469","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dirt Is Good&#8217;: Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lulu Garcia-Navarro for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>As a new parent, Jack Gilbert got a lot of different advice on how to properly look after his child: when to give him antibiotics or how often he should sterilize his pacifier, for example.<\/p>\n<p>After the birth of his second child, Gilbert, a scientist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microbiome.uchicago.edu\/directory\/jack-gilbert\">who studies microbial ecosystems<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Chicago, decided to find out what&#8217;s actually known about the risks involved when modern-day children come in contact with germs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/07\/16\/537075018\/dirt-is-good-why-kids-need-exposure-to-germs?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=54289447&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nCBcxjvjkG7CLJOl6lcc2X3AV2WU02L6ExgMHjPb4AZQb787crHgSDw2oBYWxcACu-xWVed4kIdoo1XEsXj40lO-Gmw&amp;_hsmi=54289447\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lulu Garcia-Navarro for NPR) As a new parent, Jack Gilbert got a lot of different advice on how to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7470,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions\/7470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}