A man in his 50s with poorly controlled diabetes and chronic kidney disease presented with rapidly progressive bilateral facial diplegia 1 week after hospitalisation for pneumonia. Examination ...

A new study suggests a toxin produced by certain strains of E. coli may help explain why colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults. Researchers found the toxin-linked mutations were much more ...

Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?

Officials at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs told the BBC that getting freshwater to meet bathing ...

HATCH, Utah (KUTV) — Hatch, a small town in Southern Utah, issued a boil order after multiple tests confirmed E. coli in the water source. Hatch officials announced the order Thursday night, saying ...

Sugars contained exclusively in breast milk are helping to feed an important balance of bacteria in babies' developing gut microbiomes, a new study has found. In a paper published in Nature ...

At the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Jérémie Palacci's research group is venturing into metallurgy—albeit with a twist. Instead of traditional tools, the scientists use E. coli ...

A former biology researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington has pleaded guilty to using women’s underwear shipments to smuggle E. coli bacteria DNA into the United States from China, federal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An E. coli outbreak has infected at least nine people, including seven in California. The FDA has tied the ...

Federal health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of an especially dangerous type of E. coli infection linked to raw cheddar cheese, according to an alert from the US Food and Drug ...

The CDC and FDA are investigating the outbreak across three states as people reported illness linked to Raw Farm's raw milk and cheddar cheese Chiara Kim is an Editorial Assistant, Food at PEOPLE. She ...

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.