The EPA called it an ecological crisis of "historic proportion" after a massive sewer pipe collapsed north of Washington, D.C.

Water quality samples taken by DC Water show elevated levels of E. Coli across multiple sample areas, including one taken from the Anacostia River.

A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria—which cause nearly 250,000 deaths a year from urinary tract infections (UTI) and are becoming ...

The Potomac is facing more than rough waters after a sewage spill near Lockhouse 10 sent E. coli levels soaring far beyond safe limits in Washington, D.C., with new testing revealing contamination ...

Grass-fed ground beef that was distributed to six states has been recalled over possible E. coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall on more than 2,800 pounds of raw 90/10 ground beef processed by Mountain West Food Group, LLC, from ...

The investigation into the outbreak is ongoing, and officials have said that the contamination source could be outside of the establishment Getty Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak ...

King County Public Health is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to a teriyaki restaurant in Bellevue. Five people have fallen sick — four of them seriously enough to be hospitalized. All of them ...

Five people became sick, including four who were hospitalized, after eating food at a teriyaki restaurant in Bellevue. Three other individuals who didn’t eat at the restaurant also became sick with a ...

Multiple children were hospitalized with life-threatening conditions after visiting the Arizona State Fair's petting zoo. Officials justify withholding information by stating there is no longer an ...

A deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany remains unsolved despite more than 400 people falling ill and three deaths. In August 2025, an outbreak caused by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) was detected.

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 ...