To survive relentless sunlight in the open ocean, fish can make their own natural sunscreen with a UV-protective compound ...

The Clean Lakes Alliance, in partnership with Public Health Madison and Dane County, is studying elevated E. coli levels that frequently lead to beach closures across the Yahara chain of lakes.

Recent water tests from Big Chico Creek came back negative for a dangerous strain of E. coli. Butte County Public Health ...

Every summer, beach closures disrupt families, harm local businesses, and raise public health alarms. Most of the time, the ...

Michael Mullen conducted testing on several bodies of water a few days ago, including several places along the Choctawhatchee ...

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, ...

Federal and public health officials in multiple states are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

After two recent major recalls for organic walnuts and ground beef found to be potentially contaminated with E. coli, interest in symptoms and prevention for the disease is on the rise. E. coli is ...

A Chinese researcher was sentenced to over four months in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling concealed E. coli DNA ...

One-year-old Ariella Mann fell sick with E. coli after returning home from the family holiday to Egypt - it then turned into ...