Evidence of Clostridium difficile in food animals and grocery stores prompted scientists to begin studying whether people can become infected with the bacteria by eating meat.

The U.S. and Canadian researchers found evidence of the bacterium in grocery-store meat. However, it is unclear whether humans can become infected by consuming the meat and develop diarrhea.

C. difficile is considered an infection that is picked up in hospitals. It has been linked to the overuse of antibiotics

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards $10 million to five research centers to develop new ways of reducing infections in health-care facilities.

The funding will be used to research infections associated with health-care, including antimicrobial resistant infections; surgical site infections; Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; drug-resistant staph infections; and catheter-associated bloodstream infections

Researchers now say the acid-fighting medicines you take to relieve heartburn could lead to a potentially dangerous case of diarrhea.

Those taking popular prescription heartburn drugs - Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium - seem more prone to getting diarrhea caused by the bug Clostridium difficile

A recent report, published in a federal health journal, reveals a deadly bacterial illness, commonly seen in people taking antibiotics, appears to be growing more common - even in patients not taking the medication