A health alert has been issued after Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, was detected in coastal waters.

A Florida mom nearly lost her life and leg to gnarly flesh-eating bacteria after taking a swim at a local beach, according to a report. Genevieve Gallagher, 49, remains hospitalized after she ...

A group of Olympic and world-class swimmers were forced to halt a swim raising awareness of river pollution after they found raw sewage in the water. Athletes from across England, Scotland, Wales and ...

People are being warned to avoid popular swimming spots at a river after high levels of harmful E.coli were detected. Half the sites tested along the Great Ouse through Bedfordshire were unsafe for ...

Early Sunday morning, spectators jostled for a glimpse of the Chicago River to witness something that hadn’t happened there in nearly a century. People were swimming in it. In the heart of the Loop ...