Vaginal seeding, a process where C-section babies are swabbed with the mother's vaginal fluid after birth, restores beneficial bacteria.

Fewer prenatal visits during the first months of COVID-19 may explain a significant drop in preterm births from C-sections and induced deliveries.

If a child born by c-section has gained normal gut microbes by age one, their risk of asthma goes down, new findings suggest.

If a child born by c-section has gained normal gut microbes by age one, their risk of asthma goes down, new findings suggest.

Yucatec Maya farmers breastfeed their babies even longer after c-sections than after vaginal births, research finds.