Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

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Hundreds of Haitian immigrants working as caregivers at Long Island nursing homes have been forced out of their jobs after the Trump administration rescinded their Temporary Protected Status, ...

East Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pa. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the ...

Oral fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) can increase the allergic threshold in some adults with peanut allergy, based on results of a phase 1 trial. Six of 15 highly peanut-allergic adults responded to ...

A fashion label called Fecal Matter is having a moment. Matières Fécales — literally French for “fecal matter” — has gone from an intentionally provocative outsider project to dressing some of the ...

An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to explain an important step in evolution—and it's a whole lot of poop. The new study describes the "fecal ...

Fecal impaction refers to a mass of hardened stools in the colon or rectum. This obstruction can make it extremely difficult for a person to pass stools and may cause symptoms such as abdominal ...

Three popular New Jersey beaches were shut down after the state Department of Environmental Protection discovered high levels of fecal bacteria in the water. Experts said Friday that heavy rainfall ...

ATLANTA — Several miles of some of Georgia’s beaches are being flagged as having elevated levels of fecal bacteria. The state has singled out Saint Simons Island, Jekyll Island, and Tybee Island as ...

There's gross, and then there's… GROSS! This story deals with the latter. Fecal contamination of our beaches may not be the topic we want to think about, but with tens of millions of people affected ...

With foreign body impactions on the rise, gastroenterologists are increasingly challenged to come to the rescue with a safe extraction, but with preparation and utilization of key strategies, the ...