The Hutterite children gave blood samples, and their parents filled out the same questionnaires. Researchers also visited 10 Hutterite homes to collect particles of dust.

And that appears to make a crucial difference to their health: While less than 10 percent of Amish schoolchildren have asthma and allergies, the prevalence in Hutterite children is over 20 and 30 ...

Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year. The province has been battling outbreaks since March and as of noon Monday, total case counts in the ...

In November 2012, we studied 30 Amish children 7 to 14 years of age who lived in Indiana, and in December 2012 we studied 30 Hutterite children who lived in South Dakota and were matched with the ...

Hutterite study: Vaccinating children for flu may help prevent transmission, protect those who are not vaccinated Date: March 15, 2010 Source: JAMA and Archives Journals Summary: Immunizing ...

LEWISTOWN -- An art project that put disposable cameras into the hands of four-dozen Hutterite children has provided a rare glimpse into one of the state's most recognizable but least understood ...

Around five percent of Amish children aged six to 14 have asthma, which is about half of the US average. By contrast, around 21 percent of Hutterite children have asthma.

And that appears to make a crucial difference to their health: While less than 10 percent of Amish schoolchildren have asthma and allergies, the prevalence in Hutterite children is over 20 and 30 ...

In particular, the researchers found that the Amish children in their study had more finely tuned so-called regulatory T cells than those from Hutterite backgrounds.

Hutterite children bounce on a trampoline, their long skirts floating against the open sky. The girl in the center seems to smile, suspended in mid-air.

Public education has always been complicated on Hutterite colonies, entangled in a jigsaw puzzle of rural school districts, special education cooperatives and small schoolhouses.

As she drove in with a friend, who would introduce her to colony elders, Brody remembers Hutterite children enthusiastically running up to the car in wonderment, excited to meet the outsiders.