Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. _E. coli_ as a model organism helped researchers better understand how DNA works. Ed Horowitz Photography/The Image Bank via Getty ...

E. coli is a well-known risk factor in food preparation and hygiene, but how does it cause damage in the body and how does an outbreak have the power to send hundreds to hospital, potentially with ...

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 ...

The bacterium Escherichia coli is often thought of as a pathogen, but it’s typically found in the intestine as a regular part of gut flora. New work by researchers at the University of Colorado ...

Nine families are suing a California-based produce company after more than 80 cases of serious E. coli infections were found by the FDA Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial ...

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors that the company views the E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder burgers as "being behind us." The outbreak isn't expected to have a material ...

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

A team of Italian scientists have discovered a surprising artistic use for E. coli, the bacteria that causes food poisoning. Researchers at Sapienza Università di Roma’s Institute of Nanotechnology ...

In today’s New York Times I have an article about the quest to create a virtual organism a sort of digital Frankenstein accurate down to every molecular detail. The creature that the scientists I ...

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, ...