Lantzville's Sebastion Road and Harper Road beach ends are closed due to water testing, indicating potential contamination.

Enterococci are unusually rugged and environmentally persistent microbes ().This unusual hardiness appears to have aided their transmission among arthropods and then tetrapods as animals began to ...

INRAE scientists have identified seven bacteria involved in the microbiota barrier effect, which prevents pathogenic bacteria ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Health Department advised residents Sunday against swimming and wading at Cedar Grove ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Health Department advises residents to avoid swimming at three Staten Island Beaches ...

The DEP says swimming in or making contact with polluted water can cause gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, ...

Two Jersey Shores beaches are under swim advisories on May 27 due to high levels of fecal bacteria.

Swimming in water contaminated by high levels of enterococci bacteria can cause serious illness. Here's what you should know.

Swimming advisories were issued at three coastal sites after elevated levels of bacteria were detected, prompting health ...

Several popular sites in North Carolina were deemed unsafe for swimmers after a nonprofit organization found something that ...

As the temperatures warm and more people swim in lakes and rivers, should doctors expect to see more cases of infections and ...