Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a ...

India has made an impressive public health breakthrough, with the substantial reduction of cases among children where diarrhea is deemed serious. According to the latest findings from the National ...

Health care providers in developing countries know that oral rehydration salts (ORS) are a lifesaving and inexpensive treatment for diarrheal disease, a leading cause of death for children ...

Despite the wide availability of a cheap, effective remedy for potentially fatal diarrheal disease, too few children receive the treatment, according to an analysis that suggests provider ...

Susceptibility to diarrhea, a major cause of infant deaths in low- and middle-income countries, has genetic links which could hold the key to new treatments, research suggests. The diarrheal disease ...

Healthcare providers’ assumptions about patient preferences drive underutilization of lifesaving oral hydration salts (ORS) in treating childhood diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), ...

Young children in India who suffer from life-threatening diarrhea frequently are given ineffective treatments because health providers misperceive the wishes of a child's caregiver, according to a ...

Climate change is raising childhood diarrhea risk across Africa, but access to clean water, electricity, and transportation may help protect children.