The Florida Department of Health issued a health advisory for a Key Biscayne beach due to elevated levels of bacteria in ...

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County issued a notice that bacteria Marco Island's Residents Beach has returned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While surfers stretched and squeezed on their wetsuits one October morning, a biologist dipped a test jar into the Pismo Lagoon.

State officials have issued a swimming advisory for a sound-side site in Southport after water samples showed elevated ...

Testing Tuesday, Sept. 22, showed unhealthy levels of the gastrointestinal illnesses-causing Enterococcus bacteria.

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 ...

Enterococci bacteria are the bane of hospitals, causing thousands of multidrug-resistant infections in patients each year. Now, researchers have traced evidence of the bacteria's evolutionary history ...

Three New York City-area beaches are under a swimming advisory due to water quality concerns, according to city health officials. The New York City Department of Health monitors water quality, weather ...

An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the ...