Episode

Indigenous babies born with more gut bugs

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Health Report
Published
Dec 12, 2025
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2624
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https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/gut-microbiome-fatty-liver-hpv-vaccination/105871466
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Summary

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