The state’s beach water quality dashboard showed that 68 beaches were closed due to high bacteria levels Sunday.

A swimmer got a Vibrio vulnificus infection, likely from exposure to coastal water at Old Silver Beach while swimming in Cape ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning residents and visitors about a rare and dangerous bacterium that can ...

Dozens of Massachusetts beaches are closed for swimming because there is either too much bacteria in the water or toxic algae ...

Life-threatening bacteria found after a person became infected in Massachusetts were also found in the waters at a Buzzards ...

Basil Kennedy died from the waterborne Vibrio bacteria, but his family says there needs to be "education and knowledge," not ...

The city of Monroe issued a boil water advisory on Wednesday after E. coli was detected in drinking water affecting nine ...

The area between Brookline Avenue and Avenue Louis Pasteur has a cyanobacteria algae bloom, which has toxins that can harm ...

Low levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease were detected at the county's South Campus in Mohnton, ...

Health officials have confirmed the presence of Legionnaires' disease at a senior living facility in Dearborn.

A rare case of Vibrio vulnificus infection — a dangerous bacterium more commonly found in Gulf Coast states — was detected in ...