Patients With IBD at Higher Risk for RSV

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk for respiratory syncytial virus infection, according ...

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

COVID-19 Vaccination for Patients With IBD: Don’t Hold Meds

Patients with IBD can safely continue biologic drugs around the time they receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, ...

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Older-Onset IBD Linked to Antibiotic Use

Antibiotic use in people 60 years of age and older is associated with IBD development, according to a new study ...

MAY 23, 2022

CDI Risk Increases With 5-ASA in Pediatric IBD Patients

The use of 5-aminosalicylic acid significantly increases the risk for Clostridioides difficile infection in ...

MARCH 24, 2022

Herpes Zoster and IBD: A Q&A With Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc

In late July, GlaxoSmithKline announced that the FDA agreed to expand the product label for Shingrix, the ...

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Study Finds No Surgical Infection Risk From TNF Inhibitors

Patients undergoing surgery with detectable levels of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor are not at increased ...

JANUARY 22, 2020

Higher IBD Risk in Offspring Associated With Antibiotic Use in Pregnancy

Only a mouse study: but antibiotic use late in pregnancy increased the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.

JULY 17, 2017