Heavy rains and flooding frequently cause bacteria found in fecal matter to surge to dangerous levels in local waters. Public ...

State officials issued a swimming advisory Thursday for a sound-side site in Brunswick County after water samples showed ...

Sunken Meadow State Park is under a water advisory after testing revealed high levels of enterococci bacteria.

Antibiotic-resistant enterococci are a serious problem for patients in the hospital, but little is known about how these bacteria are able to escape antibiotics. New discoveries about the ways in ...

New research presented last week at the annual conference of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)—known as ASM Microbe ...

The Schuyler Hill Civic Association beach in the Bronx is under a water quality advisory due to high bacteria levels.