Diabetes could be cured using healthy people's poop, according to new research. Experiments found microscopic organisms transplanted into mice stopped the progression of the disease. The technique ...

A multi-year study of the role of E. coli gut bacteria in Crohn's disease finds that intestinal inflammation liberates chemicals that nourish the bacteria's growth and promotes their ability to cause ...

Sheffield Hallam University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. This bacteria has many different strains, most of which are friendly. So why does E coli have a bad reputation? Most ...

Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every year. While life-saving oral rehydration therapy turned the tide, ...

Contaminated meat could be the culprit behind nearly half a million urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the U.S. each year, a new study published in the journal One Health found. UTIs are caused by a ...

E. coli, listeria and salmonella bacteria have been making news, again, for sickening Americans. But what exactly are these tiny troublemakers? Truthfully, unless you have a microscope and samples of ...

McDonald's has stopped selling Quarter Pounder hamburgers at about one-fifth of its U.S. restaurants as federal health officials investigate an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened nearly 50 people ...