Gastrointestinal Conditions News

The FDA has announced that PDX Aromatics of Portland, Oregon, has begun a recall of products containing kratom powder, an unregulated herbal supplement, which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Researchers observed significant variability in liver offer acceptance rates for pediatric transplant candidates within individual centers that were not explained by donor or recipient factors, according to recently published data.

The CDC has announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections linked to pet guinea pigs.

A systematic review and meta-analysis revealed that maternal viral load among mothers with hepatitis B was a significant risk factor for mother-to-child transmission, and was dose-dependent with HBV transmission incidence.

New study findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine support administering a neonatal rotavirus vaccine beginning at birth, researchers said.

Data from a study on pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis showed that children with zone 1 steatosis were more likely to have advanced fibrosis and children with zone 3 steatosis were more likely to have steatohepatitis.

Recreational waterborne illnesses present a substantial economic burden to the United States health care system, with an annual cost of at least $2.2 billion from 90 million cases, according to findings published in Environmental Health.

The pediatric chronic liver failure sequential organ failure assessment, or pCLIF-SOFA, performed better than Child-Pugh or pediatric end-stage liver disease assessment in predicting 28-day mortality among pediatric patients with decompensated chronic liver disease, according to recently published data.

Newly released practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection, or CDI, in both adults and children include changes in diagnostics and antibiotic therapy.

Dozens of people at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, have been affected by a norovirus outbreak that began Sunday, according to the Pyeongchang organizing committee.