SEASIDE PARK -- A bayfront beach was closed June 18 after numerous waste tests showed high levels of fecal bacteria contamination, according to state environmental officials. Health authorities closed ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you have plans to take a dip in the waters at Cannon Beach any time soon — don’t. On Thursday, Oct. 27, the Oregon Health Authority issued a public health advisory due to ...

Cooling off at a beach or lake is a quintessential part of Fourth of July celebrations for many. But this year, dozens of swimming areas across the country are subject to closures or advisory warnings ...

Just ahead of the long Independence Day weekend, beaches across the country have closed and issued advisories because of excessive levels of harmful bacteria. The culprit is fecal waste, a common ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a public health advisory on Wednesday after finding unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in the ocean at Nye Beach in Newport. As of Friday, that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Update: Oregon Health Authority said on May 31 it lifted the public health advisory at Tolovana State Park after follow-up tests showed lower bacteria levels that no longer pose a ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. App State researchers received $2.3M to commercialize an AI-driven microscope. The microscope automates fecal egg counting to ...

Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger zone at least a quarter of the time they were tested, according to an ...

Labor Day vacationers across the East Coast are facing "fecal contamination" warnings at their beaches this holiday weekend. Water quality warnings have struck coastal areas from Maine to Florida this ...

For many, summer means time to hit the beach. But maybe not any beach, if you don’t want to swim in harmful bacteria. From late May to early September, New Hampshire’s Beach Inspection Program ...