In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Scientists succeed in using bacteria and discarded bread to replace fossil fuels in an innovative sustainable industrial ...

Research indicates that uniform materials could be the culprit of deadly infections that can occur when using synthetic materials for cardiovascular grafts.

A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria—which cause nearly ...

Nearly a month after a wastewater pipe broke and spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington, D.C., the latest water testing results from the ...

An ecological crisis of "historic proportion" is underway in the Potomac River after a massive sewer pipe collapse north of ...

Public health officials in Idaho are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections traced to unpasteurized, raw milk. As of Feb. 5, there were nine confirmed patients including two children, ...

Washington, D.C.‘s Water and Sewer Authority significantly miscalculated the level of E. coli coming from a sewer line channel on Friday after a late January pipe collapse caused increased levels of ...

Federal regulators said nearly 23,000 pounds of raw ground beef are being recalled over potential E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Class 1 recall ...

An Idaho-based beef processing facility is recalling about 22,912 pounds of raw ground beef over concerns that the products might be contaminated with E. coli O145. The company, CS Beef Packers in ...

An Idaho meat company is recalling almost 23,000 pounds of ground beef distributed throughout three states, including Oregon, that may be contaminated with E. coli. The recall — initiated by CS Beef ...