Throughout 2024, England’s reports of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli were up 26%, with confirmed cases rising to 2,544. Of these hundreds of cases, 564 were from the highly dangerous strain known as ...

Take Escherichia coli a.k.a. E. coli for instance. While E. coli is a happy and harmless resident of the intestine, one of ...

A color enhanced transmission electron micrograph shows a listeria bacterium in tissue. This pathogen is the third-leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the United States. Infections are ...

ATLANTA — Americans suffered a bit less food poisoning last year. There were significant drops in illnesses from shigella and the most dangerous form of E. coli, according to a government report ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The U.S. government said Tuesday it has ...

Food left out in the open for more than four hours can become unsafe to eat, according to experts from Nanyang Technological ...

They’re a recipe for an abdominal apocalypse. While food poisoning can have many sources, certain foods can make mealtime seem like playing intestinal roulette. A new survey by Consumer Reports has ...

The family of a 4-year-old Issaquah girl hospitalized with E. coli food poisoning this past summer is suing the operators of a farmers-market food truck tied to her illness and a dozen others.

As temperatures continue to rise, so too does the risk of food poisoning. U.S. officials are currently investigating an upsurge of listeria cases linked to ready-to-eat foods such as sandwiches and ...