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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

However, this large study shows that probiotics do not significantly shorten illness duration, improve symptoms, or reduce the need for additional medical visits. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2015-2026. Parents often use probiotics, like Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG , hoping to reduce the severity of their child’s gastroenteritis.

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What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

His clinical study was ending. system for monitoring the rare ill effects of vaccines. The HHS budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 makes no mention of vaccine safety programs. In 2001, the CDC set up the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment project, through which a network of eight U.S. The current U.S.