Thousands of Americans develop chronic persistent symptoms—such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties ("brain fog"), and other ...

UTIs occur more frequently in older adults, and particularly in older women. Learn how to spot the signs and symptoms of a ...

Why do some wounds struggle to heal despite treatment, and why are infections involving multiple bacteria so difficult to eradicate? Dr. Ronni da Silva and Professor Kimberly Kline, from the Singapore ...

The POLITICO Poll made a stark finding last month in a survey of more than 3,800 Americans about a variety of health issues: ...

There are about half a million C. diff infections every year in the United States. About 30,000 people die from them annually. But if you’ve had C. diff, you’re more likely to get it again. About 1 in ...

There are trillions of bacteria that live in your colon. Most of them are harmless and many are actually helpful, supporting digestion and keeping your immune system strong. C. diff is one type of ...

Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of strep throat from Mundo’s first-grade class — routine enough, treatable with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of vancomycin for about four weeks. I had none of the usual risk factors, and the cause was ...

EAR DR. ROACH: About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of vancomycin for about four weeks. I had none of the usual risk factors, and the cause was ...

A novel vaccination approach developed by Vanderbilt Health researchers cleared the harmful gut bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in an animal model of infection. An experimental vaccine ...

Syracuse, NY -- Upstate Medical University is looking for 1,000 volunteers -- its largest clinical trial to date-- to test a vaccine against a deadly infection that primarily afflicts people in ...