Ground beef linked to outbreaks of E. coli ailments has been recalled and removed on Tuesday from Ralphs Supermarkets shelves in California. Ground beef has been removed from Ralphs stores in Hollywood, Silver Lake and Orange County.

Nebraska Beef Limited, based in Omaha, ordered the recall of 531,707 pounds of ground beef produced in May after it received reports 38 Ohio and Michigan residents became sick after eating beef sold by Nebraska through Kroger Company

The largest U.S. grocery chain, Kroger Co., is voluntarily recalling all ground beef products sold in Michigan and certain Ohio stores between May 21 and June 8 after the meat was linked to an outbreak of illness from E. coli bacteria.

Testing has confirmed beef samples contain a strain of the bacteria that has sickened at least 19 people in Ohio. Another 15 have been sickened in Michigan

Scientists have discovered a new, inexpensive compound that has the potential to treat acute diarrhea. The finding could prove beneficial for developing countries, where diarrhea is a major cause of child deaths.

The new compound is a pyridopyrimidine derivative that targets E. coli and other enterotoxigenic strains of bacteria that cause acute secretory diarrhea, researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston said

An experimental skin patch containing E. coli toxins may protect travelers from diarrhea, an illness that sickens millions each year.

The new patch, developed by U.S. biotechnology company Iomai Corp., has been found to reduce the likelihood of contracting traveler's diarrhea among people going to high-risk areas like Mexico

Bacterial infection has been found to be a major factor in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a British study says. Also known as cot death, SIDS is defined as the sudden and unexpected death of an infant aged between a week and a year.

Pediatricians from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London found potentially dangerous bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli in nearly half of all babies who died of SIDS at a London hospital