Last July, there was an E. coli outbreak in Utah. I don’t know about you, but E. coli is one of those things that I tend to glaze over when it’s mentioned in the news. The rhythms of the story are so ...

In total, 13 kids averaging just 4 years of age were infected during late July of last year in an unidentified Utah city, according to a report. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Happily jumping ...

In 1989, a city in Utah upgraded its drinking water system, putting in a whole new system and repurposing the old one to supply cheap untreated water for irrigating lawns and putting out fires. That ...

When we were growing up, New York City playgrounds had sprinklers. Now parks and playgrounds across the five boroughs have transformed into spraygrounds—entire playgrounds dedicated to water play with ...

Happily jumping around lawn sprinklers or playing with garden hoses on a hot summer day: An idyllic childhood scene. Not so for a bunch of kids in Utah, who all got serious E. coli illnesses from the ...