When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

Bodies of water across South Jersey are being flagged for high levels of fecal bacteria, according to the New Jersey ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are mostly harmless bacteria that live in the intestines of animals and humans. They are the most ...

ATLANTA — If you have any plans of shooting the Hooch or just swimming in the Chattahoochee River, you may want to rethink that. Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says the runoff ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. E. coli cells are seen in a synthetic biology lab at Harvard Medical School in 2011. Not all types of E. coli make people sick, ...

The first large-scale genetic study of E. coli's protective armor has identified the five capsule types that are responsible for 70% of all multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections in Europe.

Federal health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk after at least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened.

Federal regulators announced Sunday that an E. coli outbreak that infected at least seven people in three states have been traced to a raw cheddar cheese product. Many of the affected individuals are ...

Seven E. coli infections in three states have been linked to RAW FARM-brand raw cheddar cheese. Affected products include RAW FARM 8-oz block and shredded cheddar made from unpasteurized milk that may ...

Public health officials in Idaho are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections traced to unpasteurized, raw milk. As of Feb. 5, there were nine confirmed patients including two children, ...