Harmful pathogens need to be cooked to be eliminated, as heat kills them, said Detwiler. A big issue with lettuce is it’s usually eaten raw, not cooked, “making it challenging to reduce the risk of ...

A foodborne illness linked to lettuce ripped across 15 states last November, sickening dozens of people and killing one. But the federal government chose not to publicize it.

The beaches in the south of the island have been closed after the results of water quality tests found high levels of ...

Local reports say two more beaches on the popular Spanish island have closed as "a preventive step" after tests of the water ...

coli started coming in, Dr. Amanda Brzozowski sensed something was very wrong. It was early November, and all three were E. coli 0157:H7 — an especially ... sickened with E.coli after eating ...