E. coli

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to control drug-resistant bacteria finds that the percentage of bacteria carrying this resistance is declining. But it wants more data.

The Food and Drug Administration has started testing randomly selected fresh herbs and prepared guacamole. So far, the agency has found dangerous bacteria in 3 to 6 percent of the samples it tested.

The germs caused a urinary tract infection in a Pennsylvania woman that was difficult to treat. The bacteria were resistant to the drug often used as the last-ditch treatment, but another one worked.

A Kansas meatpacker has recalled more than 50,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Routine monitoring confirmed the…

After E.coli bacteria were found in a test sample from a well field on Wednesday, the South Broward public water supply was declared unsafe and residents…