Ear infection mix
What’s living in children’s noses could determine whether they get ear infections. Researchers from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania took swabs from the noses of sick children with and without ear infections. Kids with ear infections were more likely to carry
Streptococcus pneumoniae
bacteria, a major cause of pneumonia and ear infections.
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