Your poop is basically a daily health report, and the clues are all there, shape, colour, smell, consistency, and how often you go. Paying attention without spiralling into panic is the sweet spot: ...

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is caring for the young animals at its Nairobi Nursery and plans to return them to the wild once the rhino and zebra are ready Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

Rose Dexter was just a month old in August when she developed constipation, gas and tummy discomfort, symptoms that her pediatrician chalked up to normal baby development. “Looking back at the photos, ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

A maker of organic baby formula is recalling some of the product after federal officials linked it to a 10-state infant botulism outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 13 children have ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

On the gut health side of TikTok there's a genre of videos where people jokingly celebrate having a "ghost poop" -- a bowel movement where the first wipe comes back clean. Some have gone so far to ...

Introduction Undernutrition during pregnancy is linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes and has downstream effects on the growth and development of children. The gut microbiome has a profound ...

Feeding blueberry powder to infants during the transition to solid foods showed promising effects on gut microbiota diversity, highlighting a potential new strategy for supporting lifelong health.

The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an unusual move to help speed up efforts to cover gaps in care. Lowering the ...