Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Age restrictions prevent some extremely low birth weight children from receiving the rotavirus vaccination at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

Infants born via caesarean section had lower total intestinal microbiota diversity and delayed Bacteroidetes colonization compared with children delivered vaginally in a recent study.

Children with functional abdominal pain have an increased risk for anxiety disorders, according to recent study findings published in Pediatrics.

The FDA has linked the salad mix implicated in the multistate Cyclospora outbreak to Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., a processor of food service produce.

One more state, Louisiana, has reported cases of Cyclospora infection in an outbreak that has been linked to bagged salad mix.

An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Oregon was traced back to a single farm where strawberries were contaminated by deer feces, researchers with the Oregon Health Authority reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The FDA has published a standard definition for the phrase “gluten-free,” to be applied to voluntary food labeling in the United States, according to a press release.

There have been 378 reported cases of cyclosporiasis in 15 states as of July 30, according to the CDC, and 21 patients from three states have been hospitalized.

Norovirus causes an average of 570 to 800 deaths annually in the United States, according to recent study findings published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

FDA, CDC and state health departments are investigating the cause of a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has hospitalized at least 18 people.