E. coli, listeria and salmonella bacteria have been making news, again, for sickening Americans. But what exactly are these tiny troublemakers? Truthfully, unless you have a microscope and samples ...

Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli ...

At least 19 E coli cases have been reported in Minnesota, just weeks after a an outbreak linked to McDonald’s. This colourised 2006 scanning electron microscope image made available by the ...

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Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is coming under fire for not publicizing its own report into an E. coli outbreak last year that spread across 15 states and infected 89 people, one of whom died.

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 ...

An outbreak of infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has a lot of people across the United States concerned about their exposure to dangerous E. coli bacteria. It is not yet known ...

A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers has sickened 104 people in 14 states, federal health officials said in an update on Wednesday. At least 34 ...

An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s’ Quarter Pounder has led to nearly 50 reported infections across 10 states and one death. The outbreak, which McDonald’s believes stems from a single ...

A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. Particularly vulnerable are young children ...

Organic carrots sold in major supermarket chains in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico are linked to an E. coli outbreak that has killed at least one person and sickened 39 others, according to the ...