People who visit developing countries may soon be able to avoid a dreaded companion — traveler's diarrhea — with the aid of a vaccine that's being tested in a study led by a Houston doctor. The ...

Being sick on vacation is never fun, especially if you’re struck with an illness known as traveler’s diarrhea. But that doesn't mean you're destined to stay cooped up in the bathroom. In fact, there ...

Don't Drink the Tap Water Look, I know this sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised how many visitors forget this golden rule.

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SAN FRANCISCO — An experimental formulation of rifamycin under development by Santarus shortens the duration of symptoms of traveler's diarrhea by about a day, a new study shows. The formulation ...

Traveler’s diarrhea is a common and uncomfortable digestive tract disorder that can affect people when they travel to new environments. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up ...

I work in a travel-medicine clinic and prescribe chemoprophylaxis for traveler’s diarrhea (TD) to every patient leaving the country. The 1985 NIH study stating that chemoprophylaxis is not recommended ...

If you’ve traveled to Bali, chances are you have heard about Bali belly. If you don’t know what it is, it’s basically ‘traveler’s diarrhea’ and can strike anyone at any time — just like it did this ...

More than 130 people have fallen sick in the United Kingdom with Shigella infections. Most of them had been to Cape Verde ...