Parents sending their children to nursery for the first time can expect a challenging year of illness, but new research offers a reassuring perspective: this early exposure builds crucial resilience for school.
A collaborative study by experts from UCL, the University of Cambridge, Cornell University, and North Middlesex University Hospital, which analysed immunology, infectious disease genomics, and epidemiology data, indicates that toddlers and pre-schoolers are likely to encounter 15 illnesses in their initial year of formal childcare.
