On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

The Los Angeles County Public Health Department warned of excessively high bacteria from street runoff at eight beaches.

Gill has been battling the effects of flesh-eating bacteria in his foot for more than a decade. He has had multiple surgeries, losing all the toes on his right foot and part of the foot itself.