Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riley Edward Detwiler was 16 months old when he was exposed to E. coli. through another child at his daycare center. He died 23 ...

Japanese researchers have discovered a way to tackle plastic pollution by engineering E. coli bacteria to make a biodegradable alternative to PET plastic. The breakthrough, shared in a Kobe University ...

Ten people have been hospitalized and one individual in Colorado has died following E. coli (Escherichia coli) infections linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers Currently, a total of 49 cases ...

Food safety experts weigh in.

Researchers at North Dakota State University have discovered a way to make the E. coli bacteria less dangerous to human health, a finding that could improve safety in food and medical devices. Masters ...

A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. Particularly vulnerable are young children, ...

A 15-year-old girl from Grand Junction, Colorado, is speaking out about the first E. coli symptoms she says she experienced after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. The popular sandwiches have been ...

Federal and public health officials in multiple states are investigating an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Decades before the McDonald's E. coli outbreak, Darin Detwiler’s son Riley was a healthy, thriving 16-month-old when he died of E. coli poisoning in 1993. The toddler was one of four children who died ...