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For the first time, a person has passed a deadly strain of E. coli along to another person directly, German officials confirmed. They said that a kitchen worker in Frankfurt who had eaten ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

When a young girl developed a severe case of hemolytic uremic syndrome this past year, health officials traced the E. coli O157:H7 infection back to her family’s raw pet food. The case underscores ...

Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

Following the Indore water contamination tragedy, concerns over antibiotic-resistant E. coli are rising. Discover the key ...

A sewage leak contaminated Indore’s drinking water with E. coli and faecal bacteria, triggering a deadly waterborne illness ...