The potentially deadly bug E-coli will come under the microscope today at an international conference. Leading scientists are among those attending the Food Micro 2008 event in Aberdeen, which ...

Imagine a relatively small sub-$100 microscope that can probe the food on your plate (or the blood pumping through your body) using a laser instead of lenses. Also: it’s capable of using that ...

Health officials say they expect a slow down soon in the number of reported new E. coli cases in an outbreak linked to the Cleveland County Fair. State and local officials are now investigating 46 ...

Blood Clots, Liver Cells and Bird Flu Are Surprisingly Beautiful Under a Microscope ... a T4 bacteriophage (orange), has just injected its viral DNA into an E. coli bacterium ...

This colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin which can cause illness. Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP, FILE ...

PUBLIC health chiefs are investigating the causes of an outbreak of the food bug E coli in East Lancashire. Nine people, one from Burnley, have been infected since the middle of August, but ...

A 2-year-old girl contracted E. coli at an Oklahoma lake and is now fighting for her life as complications from the infection ...

E. coli is back in the news. At least 71 people got sick after eating at Taco Bell. Early testing suggested tainted California produce was to blame. There was no connection, but the state's multi-bill ...

Here’s what you need to know about E. coli to stay safe. Where You’ll Find the Bacteria. There are many different kinds of E. coli, and most of them are harmless to humans, said Edward G ...

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 ...