E. coli bacteria were found in a routine sample taken in the 1000 block of Ashley Avenue in Indian Harbour Beach on Thursday, April 10, according to an email from Cheryl Mall, Melbourne public ...

The discharge of an estimated 67,500 gallons of stormwater and sewage was discovered Saturday morning during a Deal Lake ...

People living in Watervliet are being asked to boil their water because of an issue with disinfection. The city said it disinfects water to remove bacteria. Monitoring on Sunday showed heightened ...

Cities and countries across the U.S. are moving to ban fluoride in public drinking water after Utah became the first state in ...

Every time you take a sip from your water bottle, you are depositing bacteria inside and over the course of a day these can multiply by the millions. Here's what scientists say you can do about it.

Rappahannock Area Health District inspectors found violations at 10 of the 30 Fredericksburg food establishments they visited ...

The average reading during that time was 4,538 E. coli bacteria per 100ml of water. Some 83% of the results exceed the recommendations for safe swimming, which ideally should be 88 E. coli per 100ml.

A new type of microorganism has been discovered that may prove crucial in the process of water purification on Earth. These microorganisms are hidden within the Earth's critical life zone and can ...

Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when they breathe in spores present in contaminated dirt, plants, or water. Park rangers first ...

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against phages—viruses that infect them. In a study published in Nature Microbiology ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The process, which enables the bacteria to become practically indestructible ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival. Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria ...