Dozens of people across 13 states have become sick after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders contaminated with E. coli. At least 75 people fell ill from the bacterial infection and one person died in ...

Bacteria that often cause urinary infections can spread as rapidly as swine flu. But E. coli that are resistant to several classes of antibiotics behave differently. Escherichia coli (E. coli) are the ...

The toxic bug E. coli uses a secret weapon to survive in our gut even when it is being treated with antibiotics, scientists ...

El Paso Water discovered E. coli bacteria in a raw groundwater sample from a Lower Valley well during routine testing. The sample was taken Tuesday, Nov. 19, the utility said in a statement sent via ...

There are many forms of Escherichia coli. Many are harmless members of the gut microbiome, but others can cause serious ...

Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and releasing a DNA-damaging toxin. The study, published in Nature, sheds light on ...

Some E. coli strains produce a toxin that can be deadly. Just before Thanksgiving, a multistate E. Coli outbreak in the U.S. linked to romaine lettuce was reported by the Centers for Disease Control ...

A boil water advisory was issued Friday, April 11, by Melbourne officials after E. coli bacteria were found in a water sample. Residents in several locations have been advised to not drink water ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Board of Water Supply says follow-up tests in one of its pumps has turned up no trace of the E. coli bacteria. BWS earlier reported on Saturday that a raw water sample ...

Nearly one in five patients with urinary infections in a research group likely contracted them from contaminated meat –an issue that could be occurring across the country, according to a new study.