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Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) is a major global cause of diarrheal diseases, with certain strains showing alarming levels of antibiotic resistance. The rise of these resistant strains has rendered many ...

Balantidium coli, the sole ciliated protozoan known to infect humans, is predominantly a parasite of swine but also affects a range of domestic and wild animals including camels, cattle and non-human ...

CHICO — Whatever is in Big Chico Creek that is making people sick, it’s likely not human feces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Butte County Public Health announced ...

Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

When a young girl developed a severe case of hemolytic uremic syndrome this past year, health officials traced the E. coli O157:H7 infection back to her family’s raw pet food. The case underscores ...

Consumption of raw milk in Florida has caused 21 people to fall ill with Campylobacter and E. coli infections, including seven who were hospitalized and six children. The sale of raw milk for human ...

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A sewage leak contaminated Indore’s drinking water with E. coli and faecal bacteria, triggering a deadly waterborne illness ...

The student team investigated E. coli levels in the soil at Burnet Woods Park after “a combined sewer overflow event” that happened earlier this month as heavy rain drenched the region for days, ...