Fourteen people across multiple states are sick with E. coli O157:H7, one of the most dangerous strains of the bacterium, and ...

Fast food chains can have a tough time with food safety, as evidenced by the 1993 incident with The Jack in the Box that ...

A widespread E. coli outbreak has been linked to a McDonald’s product, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A total of 49 people across 10 states have reported ...

Days before Thanksgiving 2018, federal health officials took the rare step of telling every American household, restaurant, ...

E. coli is a well-known risk factor in food preparation and hygiene, but how does it cause damage in the body and how does an outbreak have the power to send hundreds to hospital, potentially with ...

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors that the company views the E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder burgers as "being behind us." The outbreak isn't expected to have a material ...

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Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial ...

Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New research at the University of Tokyo has mapped the ...

In 1857, a young pediatrician named Theodor Escherich discovered what may very well be the most well-studied organism today. The rod-shaped bacterium named Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, ...