In the Bhagirathpura locality of Indore (often also celebrated as the country’s cleanest city), the end of the year was marked by unusual water quality. There was a foul smell, visible discoloration ...

Bacteria that often cause urinary infections can spread as rapidly as swine flu. But E. coli that are resistant to several classes of antibiotics behave differently. Escherichia coli (E. coli) are the ...

Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves as fast as swine flu. Using genomic data from the UK and Norway, ...