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 ...

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 ...

A new study from the University of Minnesota Medical School has demonstrated that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can rapidly reverse systemic inflammation and improve survival in patients with ...

While antibiotics and gastric acid-suppressing drugs are known to be risk factors for Clostridioides difficile infection, other commonly prescribed non-antibiotic drugs were found to be culprits, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about a person who was refusing antibiotics due to a fear of a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) recurrence. I am interested in your thoughts regarding ...

The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments. Experts worry that with drastic staff reductions, the testing may not resume. By Apoorva ...

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 ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile - commonly known as C. diff - are a serious and persistent problem for patients and ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health researchers have developed a promising novel vaccine to treat Clostridioides difficile infections. Previous vaccine strategies targeted the bacterium’s primary ...

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had the curious habit of buying up DNA test kits for his rich, famous and powerful friends, emails released by the Justice Department Friday show. On Sept. 21, 2016 ...