To be considered safe for swimming, the E. coli counts must be below 300 per 100 milliliters. As of Friday, there are three Michigan beaches, all in Oakland County, that are currently closed due to ...

Saturday looks like a great, sunny day across Michigan, according to MLive meteorologist Mark Torregrossa. While wildfire ...

However, beach contamination is on the rise, with Surfrider's recent report showing that 80 percent of beaches tested exceeded state health standards for bacteria levels at least ...

Many locals and visitors might have the urge to play in coastal waters this weekend, but Charleston Waterkeeper highlights ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through ...

Los Angeles County health officials are advising beachgoers to avoid swimming, surfing or playing in the ocean at two popular ...

recurrentis to map how the bacteria has changed over time, finding that the species likely diverged from its nearest tick-borne cousin, B. duttonii, about 6,000 to 4,000 years ago. Based on these ...