A review of microscopic colitis, a chronic, intermittent inflammatory bowel disease that predominantly affects older women and typically presents with frequent watery, non-bloody stools.

Cases of drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing in the United States in a trend that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are calling a "public health threat." ...

An intestinal pathogen reshapes the gut environment to fuel its own colonization and cause diseases, a multi-institutional ...

A potentially fatal virus is surging in the U.S. this year, health experts say. Rotavirus, a highly contagious disease that ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Diarrhea, both common and preventable, is among the most dangerous threats to ...

It took just 48 hours for Ben Lopman’s 18-month-old son to go from being an energetic toddler to totally listless ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report that showed that drug-resistant Shigella is ...

The disease can cause severe diarrhea and spreads particularly quickly among babies and young children ...

Cases of the virus are abnormally high this year, according to health experts, and are especially dangerous for children.

A petting zoo in northwest Calgary has been temporarily closed after five cases of watery diarrhea disease were linked to a ...

Like norovirus, or the "stomach flu," rotavirus causes similar symptoms.

Diarrhea, both common and preventable, is among the most dangerous threats to young children in the Global South, where clean water and medical care are often scarce. Diarrheal diseases, and the ...