Health authorities have issued a state of emergency here after E. coli bacteria was discovered in the water supply.

To counter the situation, authorities distributed as much as 8,000 gallons of free bottled water to Pembroke residents Sunday morning. The bacteria was first detected in the water supply last week

Whole Foods Market has announced a voluntary beef recall Friday because of concerns the meat might be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The beef was sold between June 2 and Aug. 6 and was processed at Nebraska Beef plant, said a company spokesperson.

Health authorities have confirmed seven cases of E. coli infection linked to ground beef, all involving people who bought beef from Whole Foods. Five of those people have been hospitalized

Virginia Department of Health officials are continuing to investigate an E. coli outbreak at a popular Boy Scouts camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains that has affected 17 people so far.

The officials began receiving reports of sick children Sunday, when boys from about 70 troops and some adults returned home after a week at the Goshen Scout Reservation near Lexington, VA. Most of the scouts are from northern Virginia, and one of the confirmed cases involves a Maryland adult

An anticipated rise in health problems among Canadians, caused by climate change, has motivated Health Canada to urge the government to take immediate action.

In a 500-page report released Friday, the health agency forecasts more incidents of heat-related ailments, deaths due to outbreaks of infectious diseases unknown to the medical community, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders

The E. coli outbreak that prompted Nebraska Beef Ltd.'s recall of 5.3 million pounds of beef in Michigan and Ohio has now spread to three other states.

At least one new case of possible E. coli has been reported in New York, Kentucky and Indiana according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)