Nonprofit Equity Legal Services spearheaded the community-led testing in Cahokia Heights, and residents say the findings validate water quality and health concerns that they've been raising for years.

Researchers have revealed how a common bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), releases lactic acid to acidify its surroundings and suppress the immune-cell signal needed to start a proper ...

The core finding: newborns who developed severe E. coli sepsis had significantly lower levels of maternally transferred anti-E. coli antibodies than matched infants who remained well. In other words, ...

Journalist donates kidney to girl, 16, after mother appeals to local newspaper - Maya Solecki was in need of a transplant ...

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The Tijuana River in San Diego has sickened surfers, swimmers and Navy SEALS for decades. A new report explores ways to clean ...

‘Hero’ journalist donates kidney to teenage girl after local newspaper appeal - The teenager needed a transplant after ...

When many disease-causing bacteria encounter penicillin, they are not always destroyed right away, shifting into a temporary survival state called ...

A new five‑pillar blueprint urges binational action to stop Tijuana River sewage and protect South Bay health.

WASHINGTON - A Virginia boater filed a class action lawsuit this week against the public utility D.C. Water over a Jan. 19 pipeline collapse that released about 250 million gallons of untreated sewage ...

Water is an essential resource for human life, yet safe water for domestic use remains scarce, especially for some communities in low- and middle-income countries. Approximately 785 million people ...