Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of people across 13 states have become sick after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders contaminated with E. coli. At least 75 ...

HUMBLE – The City of Humble warned residents after the drinking water tested positive for E. coli bacteria. The city said the bacteria was found during a water test on Thursday, May 8. Recommended ...

Following one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, University of Maryland researchers have detected high levels of ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Every year, 24 million tons of plastic bottles are thrown away worldwide. But what if those discarded water bottles could save lives instead of choking our planet? Scientists ...

The cold weather could actually be keeping E. coli and other bacteria in the Potomac River from the raw sewage spill alive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The first lawsuit has been filed in the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder. One person has died. Dozens of cases have been reported across the nation, but ...

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 ...