Good day care grime

Children attending day care at an early age are more likely to breathe easy later, according to a new study of wheezing among children in Manchester, England.

Babies who began day care when they were 6 to 12 months old were about half as likely as those who did not attend day care to develop a “wheeze” by age 5, a possible indicator of asthma, scientists report in the September Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.