William Schaffner: The most important thing is good hand hygiene. Washing with soap and water works the best. Those hand ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

Lehigh Valley’s health networks are seeing abnormally high cases of the stomach bug that’s taking a large number of people out of action and leaving them stuck in the bathroom. Nationwide, outbreaks ...

If you're ill with the "stomach flu," you're not alone. Norovirus is surging across Arizona, is highly contagious and spreads ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.

Intestinal parasitic infections are a significant health concern for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. These infections can exacerbate the complications associated with HIV, leading to increased ...

Shigella infections are preventable through simple hygiene measures, public health experts say, like giving homeless people ...

So far this year, the WA Health Department has been notified of 66 cases of the parasitic disease, or more than two a day.

Canine whipworm infections are tricky to diagnose but preventable with proper parasite control and environmental management ...

intestinal organoid cultures and animal models. The researchers found that the ability of rotavirus to generate calcium waves was fully attributable to NSP4, such that expression of NSP4 in cells, ...

Researchers report the ability of tofacitinib to reduce infection risk with SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who are deficient in ...