Doctors explain what illnesses, injuries and heat-related emergencies are showing up this summer.

A new national wastewater map is offering a window into the spread of the highly contagious norovirus across the United States.

A norovirus outbreak on the British cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux led to passenger confinement and a public health ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - In an effort to meet demand for highly specialized care for young patients, Kansas City’s pediatric hospital has announced a major expansion project. Children’s Mercy ...

Drink clear liquids like water and broth to stay hydrated and prevent dehydration. Eat bland carbohydrates like saltine crackers and white rice to settle your stomach. Try plain yogurt with probiotics ...

Over the past decade acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding retreats to 2016 levels. Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain alarmingly high and deeply entrenched, with crises ...

A highly contagious digestive virus is surging across the U.S., experts warn. Rotavirus, a double-stranded RNA virus, causes acute gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines — which ...

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the frequency of rotavirus, adenovirus, and rota-adenovirus co-infections and investigate the fecal leukocyte rate associated with these infections in ...

BACKGROUND: Vomiting is a common manifestation of acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents. When untreated, it can be a hindrance to oral rehydration therapy, which is the cornerstone in the ...

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands more children face acute malnutrition ‌in Afghanistan this year amid a hunger crisis exacerbated by foreign aid cuts and violence on the border with ...

We read with great interest the recent umbrella review by Wang et al., titled “The effect of probiotics on the diarrhea and constipation outcomes in children: an umbrella review of systematic reviews ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a prevalent condition in childhood and poses a significant burden on healthcare systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Viral ...