The EPA called it an ecological crisis of "historic proportion" after a massive sewer pipe collapsed north of Washington, D.C ...

DC officials insist the high levels are not "necessarily related to the spill" that sent 243 million gallons of wastewater ...

Water quality samples taken by DC Water show elevated levels of E. Coli across multiple sample areas, including one taken from the Anacostia River.

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

After a spill from a massive sewage pipe in the Potomac River, testing revealed dangerously high E. coli levels extending from Montgomery County into Washington, D.C. A week after a massive ...

The Potomac is facing more than rough waters after a sewage spill near Lockhouse 10 sent E. coli levels soaring far beyond safe limits in Washington, D.C., with new testing revealing contamination ...

Grass-fed ground beef that was distributed to six states has been recalled over possible E. coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall on more than 2,800 pounds of raw 90/10 ground beef processed by Mountain West Food Group, LLC, from ...

King County Public Health is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to a teriyaki restaurant in Bellevue. Five people have fallen sick — four of them seriously enough to be hospitalized. All of them ...

Five people became sick, including four who were hospitalized, after eating food at a teriyaki restaurant in Bellevue. Three other individuals who didn’t eat at the restaurant also became sick with a ...

A deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany remains unsolved despite more than 400 people falling ill and three deaths. In August 2025, an outbreak caused by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) was detected.

Aaliyah James, 17, one of nearly 200 cases of exposure to the Shiga toxin, before she was discharged from the Phoenix Children's Hospital Thursday. Health officials are investigating whether the ...