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President Trump blasts Nobel Peace Prize snub with blistering list of accomplishments: 'WOW!'
President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee for not selecting him for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing a long list of accomplishments.
"I settled 8 WARS, am close to ending or settling 2 more, got all of the Israeli hostages back, including the final 28, both living and dead, had hundreds of hostages, from countries all over the World, released and sent back home, won a war in Venezuela, and captured the violent dictator who so viciously ran that country, and stopped the number one state sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon — AND MUCH MORE! Yet, with all of that I, or the United States of America, did not get the Noble Peace Prize. WOW!" Trump wrote in a Saturday morning Truth Social post.
Trump has long openly pined for the prize, first receiving a nomination in 2018 from Norwegian lawmakers for diplomatic efforts involving North Korea and nuclear disarmament.
In 2019, he told reporters during a news conference, "I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they gave it out fairly, which they don't."
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While the Norwegian Nobel Committee does not publicly release a list of nominees for the Peace Prize, Trump has been nominated at least five times, according to the people who nominated him. That list includes former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who nominated Trump in 2019, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who nominated him in 2025.
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Despite being nominated again this year by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others, Trump was passed over yet again, this time in favor of South African jurist Navi Pillay.
The 85-year-old Pillay was the first non-White woman appointed to South Africa's high court, and she later served as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court.
She also served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.
However, her nomination was not without controversy.
The Nobel Committee's announcement highlighted her work as the chair of the U.N.'s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Palestinian Territory and Israel. Skeptics, however, claimed her work on the commission displayed anti-Israel bias.
"Navi Pillay is indeed a world leader, an individual at the forefront of the international spread of the poisonous forms of antisemitism that beset the 21st century," Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights, told Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter.
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The U.N., however, praised her work and career as "steadfast."
"For decades, she has been a champion of international law and human rights and a steadfast, independent voice of justice amidst some of the most historic international legal cases of our time," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Friday.
Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.
Judicial Watch's Thomas Fitton slams FBI's 'drip-drip' release for 75,000 pages of Trump-Butler shooting files
Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton slammed the FBI for slow-walking the release of documents related to Thomas Matthew Crooks' 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.
"They are telling us that at current processing rates, the process will take 12 years. Under the FBI's timeline, we won't even be able to challenge what they withheld until 12 years from now. That is obviously unacceptable, and I would like to know what leadership at the FBI and DOJ think about that position," Fitton told Fox News Digital.
Judicial Watch sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2025 after the FBI initially rejected a July 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents pertaining to the FBI investigation of Thomas Matthew Crooks' assassination attempt on Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit forced the release of multiple batches of documents to Judicial Watch, the most recent of which revealed a series of text messages Crooks sent to an unknown recipient, whose name the FBI redacted before sending to Judicial Watch.
"We’re receiving these documents because they're part of the investigation, yet we’re not being told who he was talking to," Fitton told Fox News Digital.
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"Withholding that information is a very concerning decision. The American people want to be certain this isn't another JFK situation. By handling it this way, authorities are creating the appearance of a cover-up. In part, that's true, because they aren't providing details about who Crooks was talking to, who was texting him, what they were saying, or who witnessed specific actions. It makes no sense to withhold this," he said.
The documents revealed a series of one or two-word texts Crooks sent to the redacted recipient between May 2023 and January 2024. The words appear unrelated and somewhat nonsensical.
"Hello … Hello red …Hello red … Hdudhdbdbbd … 7888ejdj … Yolo … Ddodjjf … 890 … Hdjd … Djdj … red … Yup red … Hello … Jhhhuuh … Hhdj … Jjjjjjjjjjjj … Hello red … Red red," Crooks' messages said.
Fitton, while acknowledging that any potential correspondents with Crooks have a reasonable expectation of privacy, argued that the FBI "must weigh that expectation of privacy against the public interest."
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"The public interest in understanding how a former president was nearly killed – and two American citizens were killed – outweighs the privacy interests of anyone being protected in these documents. Unless the court speeds up the process, all we can do is speak out publicly to pressure the FBI and the Department of Justice to take ownership and stop stringing the American people along regarding the Butler assassination investigation," he told Fox News Digital.
A previous batch of documents Judicial Watch obtained through FOIA also revealed that, shortly before Crooks climbed onto the roof of the AGR International building where he fired his weapon from, he engaged in a heated argument with rally attendees on the ground.
"Thomas Crooks was behaving erratically in a very public way at the rally. This wasn't a case of someone furtively running around; he was getting into a verbal altercation with individuals about Trump and then immediately went up onto the roof. That just blows my mind," Fitton told Fox News Digital.
Fitton complained that the shear numbers of the documents involved in the shooting call for a faster release process.
"The entire release process involves approximately 75,000 pages. At 500 pages per month, it will take well over 12 years to review them all. To me, that is unacceptable," he told Fox News Digital.
"It isn't that hard. I believe the president wants it done, and it’s frustrating that the FBI is taking its typical approach to transparency—which is to offer very little," he said.
Fox News Digital contacted the FBI and U.S. Secret Service for comment.
Rangers star goalie Igor Shesterkin out for the season after scary lower-body injury in loss vs Capitals
The New York Rangers’ hot start to the 2026-27 NHL season took a turn for the worst, as star goaltender Igor Shesterkin is out for the season after suffering a lower-body injury in Friday’s loss to the Washington Capitals.
The Rangers announced the devastating news on Saturday following a scary injury in which the 30-year-old’s right skate jammed into the post while gliding across his crease in the first period.
It was a nasty-looking injury, as video replay showed Shesterkin’s leg awkwardly bent after his skate jammed into the post during a scramble in the Rangers’ zone. Shesterkin was just trying to reposition after making a save, but he wasn’t prepared for the impact with the pipe.
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"Well, it’s concerning obviously," Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan said after the game. "He’s an elite goaltender, and you don’t ever want to see anybody get hurt, but obviously he’s an important player for us."
Shesterkin, who signed an eight-year, $92 million deal in December 2024, was unable to put weight on his right leg as his teammates helped him off the ice. The Capitals ended up taking the win, 3-1, at home.
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Dyland Garand took over for Shesterkin in net, and he’ll need to have a larger role moving forward.
It doesn’t help that New York is also dealing with goalie injuries beyond Shesterkin, with Joonas Korpisalo expected to miss another month, per The New York Post, while Spencer Martin at AHL Hartford is considered day-to-day.
It’s unknown whether the Rangers will be looking outside the organization for a goalie replacement, though it should be discussed considering the options at the moment.
"It’s awful," Rangers captain J.T. Miller said after the game, per Yahoo Sports. "He’s a pillar of this team. It stinks. …We don’t even know what’s going on, but to see him leave the game is a shot to all of us, a shock to all of us. But at the same time, it means we got to step up to a man to try to get the job done, especially [Garand]."
The Rangers are coming off a brutal 2025-26 campaign in which they finished at the bottom of the Metropolitan Division with a 34-39-9 record for a total of 77 points. By comparison, the Stanley Cup-winning Carolina Hurricanes had 113 points at the end of the regular season.
After a loss to the Boston Bruins to begin the new campaign, the Rangers ripped off four straight wins behind tremendous goaltending by their netminder. Shesterkin allowed just five goals total across the four wins, while owning a .927 save percentage (101 saves on 109 shots) for the season.
Fans rip Bengals' Jordan Battle for giving free scouting report on Malik Willis before Dolphins matchup
Jordan Battle is a good football player. A good poker player? Probably not.
The Cincinnati Bengals safety revealed to the world — and, more importantly, the Miami Dolphins — that the team had identified a tell in Malik Willis' throwing motion before the Bengals face the Dolphins on Sunday. Not only did Battle reveal that the Bengals had identified a tell, but he also told reporters exactly what it was.
"He has a little slight little tap before every throw though, so I feel like we could use that as a key to break on the ball. He likes to tap the ball before he throws it, or he takes his hand off, and that that gives the read the break," Battle told reporters Thursday.
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The Bengals coaching staff surely can't be pleased that Battle revealed the information, but the Dolphins welcomed it. While Miami head coach Jeff Hafley downplayed Battle's comments, saying many quarterbacks tap the ball before throwing, he was happy to hear about the observation .
"It’s a timing and rhythm thing with a lot of guys, and there’s a lot of them that do that, but any opponent that wants to share our tendencies with us, we’ll take any time," Hafley told reporters Friday.
Fans torched Battle on social media for his mishap.
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"Why the f—k would you say this to the media," one user wrote on X.
"Why would you reveal this," another incredulous fan wrote on X.
"He should go ahead and tell the media all the Bengals' defensive audibles too. Just make it easy," another X user posted.
Battle is in his fourth season with the Bengals after the team selected him in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Alabama. Battle, who has not missed a game in his NFL career, has one interception this season and seven for his career.
In addition to his interception, Battle has recorded 25 tackles and two passes defensed this season.
The Bengals are looking to get back on track after losing two straight games following a 2-0 start. They hope to exploit Willis' tell to help secure a victory over the 0-4 Dolphins.
The Bengals play the Dolphins on the road at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Angel Reese's 'manifesting' one year ago actually worked – she's heading to the WNBA Finals
It was exactly one year ago when Angel Reese proclaimed her goal for the 2026 WNBA season.
"Manifesting the finals>>>" she tweeted on Oct. 10, 2025, at 9:01 p.m. ET.
One year later, Reese made it to the WNBA Finals with her new team, the Atlanta Dream, after defeating the New York Liberty on Friday night, 85-83. It marked the first Finals appearance for Atlanta since 2013, and Reese’s first-ever chance at being crowned a WNBA champion.
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After the Game 3 win, Reese told ESPN, "I manifested this," and the receipt was obviously there on her social media.
"When I came to Atlanta, I knew what I was getting," she added. "This team has poured so much into me. We poured so much into each other.
"I posted and tweeted, 10/10/25, that I was manifesting the Finals, and this is my moment."
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Reese went on to "thank God for this moment," believing she is "supposed to be here."
Securing a championship is something Reese has done in the past, namely with her LSU Tigers when she went head-to-head with Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA women’s basketball national championship three years ago. Reese and the Tigers came out on top in the historic contest that drew millions of viewers due to the rivalry between the programs.
On Friday night, Reese did her best to help the Dream reach the final series of the season, dropping 22 points while securing nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks. It was a three-game sweep of New York, and the Dream now head into the Finals with the momentum needed to secure the franchise’s first-ever trophy.
It won’t be an easy task, though, as Reese will have to go up against a stacked Golden State Valkyries squad that took down A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces in a surprising series.
But Reese, who was named Defensive Player of the Year this season, is hoping her manifestation ends in the best way possible, hoisting the Finals trophy alongside her teammates and being crowned a WNBA champion for life.
Game 1 of the best-of-seven series will begin on Oct. 17 at Golden State.
Eagles release Pro Bowl quarterback Andy Dalton after just one disastrous pass in loss
The Philadelphia Eagles saw Andy Dalton throw one pass and decided they'd seen enough.
Dalton, 38, entered the Eagles’ 27-7 Week 3 loss to the Chicago Bears after Jalen Hurts briefly left the game with an injury. The Eagles were down 7-0 in the second quarter and faced third-and-goal from the Bears' 2-yard line.
The three-time Pro Bowler took the shotgun snap but threw an interception when rookie safety Dillon Thieneman jumped the pass. On Friday, before the team departed for London, the Eagles released Dalton.
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After Dalton’s interception, the Eagles promoted Tanner McKee to the backup quarterback role, dropping the former Cincinnati Bengals star to No. 3 on the depth chart. Now, he is no longer with the team.
The Eagles were the sixth team Dalton played for during his NFL career . He was a starter for the first nine years of his career with the Bengals but has since served as a backup for several teams.
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Following his nine-year run with the Bengals, the three-time Pro Bowler played for the Dallas Cowboys (one season), Chicago Bears (one season), New Orleans Saints (one season), Carolina Panthers (three seasons) and Eagles.
Dalton had started games for every team he played for except the Eagles.
Dalton has played in 180 games, starting 169 of them, and has compiled an 84-83-2 record. He has completed 62.6% of his passes for 39,793 yards, 254 touchdowns and 152 interceptions.
The Eagles (2-2) will play the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-1) in London at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.
Israeli combat medicine slashes IDF deaths after Oct 7, draws US military interest
JERUSALEM — The growing number of Israeli army battlefield life-saving measures have emerged during the Iranian regime-backed multi-front war against the Jewish state that those new technologies are helping the U.S. too.
Fox News Digital was briefed on the most current insights and data on Israel’s success rate in saving soldiers’ lives from a senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) medical specialist in battlefield medicine.
The grueling Israeli ground offensive against the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which started in Oct. 2023, following the Jihadi organization’s invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, introduced cutting-edge medical tactics to the battlefield.
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Hamas brutally murdered over 1,200 people in southern Israel, including more than forty Americans, and kidnapped 251 people.
An IDF spokesman laid out the new advances: "The IDF Medical Corps adapted its operational capabilities during the war, including casualty evacuation, innovative medical technologies and providing treatment under fire in a challenging terrain."
The IDF medical specialist told Fox News Digital that during "the Second War in Lebanon [in 2006 against the Lebanese-based terrorist group Hezbollah] it took 15 to 20 minutes for advanced life support to reach a casualty. Now advanced life support can reach a casualty immediately or within 4 minutes."
The placement of "medical personnel on the battlefield, including a doctor in every company, allows the IDF to make critical decisions early on during the care process," said the IDF medical specialist. The use of helicopters to deliver seriously wounded soldiers to medical facilities, as seen in video footage provided to Fox News Digital, plays a critical role in preventing death.
The second advance is, according to the IDF medical specialist, "rapid evacuation," which means "We can evacuate casualties to Israeli hospitals rapidly."
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There has been "an emphasis on the use of blood products since 2013 on stopping bleeding," said the IDF medical specialist. He added that the IDF is the first medical organization that "used plasma on the point of injury instead of salt and water."
He noted the IDF implemented a sophisticated rapid-fire system for providing blood to injured soldiers. A telling example: Blood was placed on the back of first responders in coolers to stop bleeding and control the hemorrhaging. The method "saved significant numbers" of injured soldiers.
An additional improvement in lifesaving first response medicine in the war zone involves an "advanced system of learning and the collection of data that transmits the data over technical networks so that every provider can see patient data."
The IDF specialist said that "Every relevant medical officer on the chain can see the patient data. This system had very good results."
The case mortality rate is the best index for quantifying care, said the IDF medical specialist. The results have been dramatic. According to IDF data, the mortality rate during the 2006 war against Hezbollah was 15% in contrast to 7.1% during 2023.
The IDF medical specialist said Israel’s military medicine apparatus has relied on the bedrock 2012 U.S. study "Death on the battlefield (2001–2011): Implications for the future of combat casualty care," which covered American medical aid during the war in Iraq.
Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News, is also a clinical professor of medicine and a practicing internist at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital, "Battle field advances based on the latest technologies that have been developed in Israel, including surgical techniques as well as the latest burn treatment Nexobrid help not just today’s wounded but fuel medical and surgical advances around the world."
Siegel's latest book "The Angels Among Us: How God's Messengers Play a Role in Healing," features a chapter involving a medical rescue during the Gaza war.
The U.S. Army and the IDF have been cooperating in how to advance battlefield medicine for years.
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According to an April 2026 U.S. military report titled "Israeli Defense Force Medical Lessons Learned," the American military authors explained in the 78-page study the pressing need to absorb Israel’s advances from the start of the Swords of Iron War campaign in 2023.
The U.S. Army wrote, "In the fields of operational health and force readiness, the IDF executed proactive public health measures – including robust bio-surveillance, forward-positioned preventive medicine teams and stringent food safety protocols – to mitigate health threats and maintain operational readiness."
The American army warned that "Despite Israel’s preparations, it had to undergo a painful process of transformation in contact that the U.S. now has the opportunity to avoid. The time for preparation is now. Simply possessing clinical and tactical skills is insufficient."
An IDF spokesman told Fox News Digital that the U.S. Army study of Israel's emergency health care providers during the wars" was a joint collaboration, and American officers came to learn from the IDF."
Arch Manning ranked fifth among 2027 NFL Draft quarterbacks as exec questions 'blind faith' based off name
Arch Manning is focused on helping his No. 1 Texas Longhorns reach the College Football Playoff, and hopefully, the national championship game this season, but many are focused on what he does at the next level of his football career.
Manning, the nephew of NFL great quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, has been carrying that weight since he was in high school as a top prospect. But while there have been flashes of greatness from the Longhorns signal caller, ESPN’s latest quarterback rankings for the stacked 2027 NFL Draft have him at No. 5.
In fact, one AFC assistant general manager told the outlet that Manning seems to have created "this blind faith" due to his namesake.
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"What’s giving so many people this blind faith that there’s just this monstrous ceiling with him?" the executive questioned. "Maybe this current state is just who he really is as a prospect."
Manning entered the 2026 college season with something to prove after what some viewed as an underwhelming 2025 campaign. He threw for 3,163 yards with 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 13 games.
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This season, Manning has thrown for 862 yards with seven touchdowns and three interceptions for his 4-0 Longhorns, which includes a 21-point fourth-quarter comeback against Ohio State earlier this season.
The expectations for Manning, though, coming into college were as astronomical as you may think given the quarterbacks with the same name that came before him. He hasn’t hit those high expectations on a consistent basis, but there’s still lots of football left to play.
But as NFL teams have already begun the rigorous scouting period ahead of next year’s draft in April, every throw, pre-snap check and more for Manning, and the other top quarterback prospects, mean that much more.
For now, one AFC scout told ESPN that Manning is someone a team might "fall in love with" down the road – not necessarily right now.
"He’s always be graded on a different scale because of the name," the scout admitted. "…I don’t think he’s the best in the class, but his flashes in games are fascinating and a preview of what could happen down the road."
We’ve seen time and time again how prospects can change their draft stock with performances throughout a season. Even the NFL Scouting Combine changes the minds of all teams watching.
But Manning is expected to be in a draft class for the ages, with top quarterbacks like Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker, Miami’s Darian Mensah, Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss, and Notre Dame’s CJ Carr, who were all ranked higher than him in ESPN’s latest list.
Manning has opportunities to change those perceptions in the upcoming weeks, facing five straight ranked opponents after the "Red River Rivalry" game against Oklahoma on Saturday. Texas is set to face No. 16 Florida, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 14 Missouri and No. 10 LSU, respectively.
Frustrated Arkansas football fans float wild plan to get AD fired, and it could happen today
It's been a brutal year for Arkansas football.
Well, scratch that. It's been a brutal ... decade ... for Arkansas football.
The Razorbacks sit at 2-3 and near the bottom of the SEC ahead of today's matchup was Tennessee, and the prospects don't look great. The Vols (4-1) are No. 15 in the country, and are better than Arkansas in just about every metric possible.
By all accounts, it should be a blowout — most Razorback losses this season have been. There's little reason to believe today will be any different.
But, there is some good news! Win OR lose (probably lose), fans are still mulling perhaps the most diabolical plan known to man to get AD Hunter Yurachek fired ...
Storm the field, and rack up the fines:
"Win or lose we #stormthefield Every game ends in a field storming and a $250,000 fine until @ArkRazorbacks fire @HunterYurachek," one X user posted earlier this week in a now-viral post with more than 1 million views.
Amazing. It just means more in the SEC, baby! Frankly, it's brilliant. This is the sort of out-of-the-box thinking the Razorbacks could use on an offense that currently ranks 115th in the country. Or a defense that ranks 108th and is currently giving up nearly 30 points per game.
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Just a thought.
Look, it probably won't happen but ... never say never. Razorback fans are tired. It's been a long few years, and that's an understatement.
Arkansas went 2-10 last season, and that wass the third such 2-10 campaign in the last decade. Just an absurd stat for an SEC school. It's unfathomable.
Somehow, it gets worse.
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The Razorbacks haven't won 10 games since 2011, and have just one 9-win season (2021) in that same span. Growing up, Vanderbilt was the SEC bottom-feeder. Everyone knew it. That game was an automatic win when you looked at the preseason schedule.
Not anymore.
Arkansas has officially taken that spot, and it's probably going to get worse (somehow) before it gets better.
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Perhaps fans storming the field — win or lose — and costing the program a hefty $250,000 fine each time they do so (per the NCAA rules) will expedite that process?
I've heard worse ideas.
Stomach-turning sexually transmitted infection is on the rise — and standard medicines are failing
A highly contagious gut infection that can spread during sex is becoming harder to treat as antibiotic-resistant strains become more common.
An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracked nearly 17,000 Shigella samples, which causes Shigellosis, which and can bring on diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, collected between 2011 and 2023. In 2023, 8.5% of Shigella samples with resistance data were classified as extensively drug-resistant, or XDR — resistant to all five antibiotics in the CDC’s definition — compared with none from 2011 to 2015.
The findings point to a growing resistance problem, not a surge in overall infections, noted Dr. Tyler Evans, a California-based infectious disease physician and CEO of Wellness Equity Alliance.
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"The infection is not surging. The bacteria are changing," Evans told Fox News Digital. "Case counts can hold steady while the treatment options quietly disappear."
There is no FDA-approved oral antibiotic for XDR Shigella, he said.
Shigella bacteria can spread when tiny amounts of stool reach someone's mouth, including through contaminated food or water, unwashed hands or sexual activity.
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"Shigella is not considered to be a typical sexually transmitted infection," Dr. Andi Toufexis, a Texas-based family medicine physician who specializes in sexual health, told Fox News Digital. "However, this gastrointestinal bacteria can be spread through sex when one partner comes into contact with the other's fecal matter."
Shigella is not new, and sexual transmission has been documented since the 1970s, Toufexis said. What is changing is the growing share of tested samples classified as XDR.
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The CDC report found that most people with XDR Shigella were adult men. Sexual exposure data were not routinely collected, so the report could not establish exactly how each infection was contracted but previous research has found sexual contact among men who have sex with men as an important transmission route.
Eighty-six percent of XDR patients were men, with a median age of 41, and of those with a known HIV status, nearly half were living with HIV, Evans noted. People experiencing homelessness and those with weakened immune systems may also face heightened risks, he said.
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Children younger than 5 are especially likely to get Shigella, according to the CDC, and many outbreaks in the U.S. have been linked to child care and schools. Earlier U.S. outbreaks primarily affected children and involved strains that were susceptible to antibiotics.
According to the CDC report, 37.6% of patients with hospitalization data were hospitalized for the antibiotic-resistant infection. The CDC reported no deaths among the XDR cases analyzed and said infections may be undercounted because not all positive specimens were cultured or tested for resistance. Most patients with available travel histories reported no recent international travel, though travel information was missing for many.
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Evans said Americans should be "concerned, not panicked" about the infection.
Most Shigella infections resolve on their own, Toufexis added, but severe illness may need treatment.
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Dr. Michael Aziz, an internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and author of "The Perfect 10 Diet" and "The Ageless Revolution," urged people who suspect Shigella to seek medical advice before taking antidiarrheal medicine such as Imodium. "You want to flush out the bacteria, you want to get it out of your system," Aziz told Fox News Digital.
To reduce the chance of infection, doctors recommend washing hands, genitals and the anal area before and after sex, using condoms or dental dams, and cleaning sex toys after each use. If you or a partner has diarrhea, avoid sex and wait at least two weeks after symptoms end before resuming, Toufexis said.
"Feeling better does not always mean that an infection is completely gone," she said.