Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves as fast as swine flu. Using genomic data from the UK and Norway, ...

Public health officials have now identified more than 100 patients in an outbreak of E. coli infections related to the Saskatoon Farm restaurant and bakery in Canada. The Alberta Health Services ...

Jason Palmer, a natural resource biologist with the Iowa DNR, kneels next to a water pump at Big Creek beach in central Iowa. The pump siphons water from the knee-deep zone of the swimming area ...