Gastrointestinal Conditions News

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

Among children with suspected nonperforated appendicitis, antibiotic management appeared inferior to appendectomy, according to results of a large, noninferiority trial published in The Lancet.

When Ashley Haugen and her husband Jonathan took their daughter to a dermatologist to get a skin tag removed, he pointed to a rash around her mouth and recommended the couple stop using harsh soaps until it clears up.

Splash pads have been linked to more than 10,000 cases of preventable waterborne illness caused by bacteria or viruses over a 26-year period, according to a CDC study.

SAN DIEGO — A new ultrasound approach may help more quickly and less invasively identify infants with biliary atresia, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Combination therapy with peginterferon alfa-2b and nucleos(t)ide analogues resulted in significantly higher hepatitis B surface antigen loss vs. monotherapy in children with HBV, especially among those aged younger than 7 years.

One person has died and 15 have been hospitalized in a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to consuming organic carrots, the CDC announced.

OpenBiome will continue distribution of investigational fecal microbiota transplantation through 2024, as suspension may put certain patients with recurrent, refractory or fulminant Clostridioides difficile at risk, according to the AGA.