Roughly 30 volunteers, park rangers and members of the Virginia Department of Health swept the beaches on Assateague Island ...

State and local officials at oceanfront beaches from Delaware to Virginia that closed due to medical waste washing ashore are ...

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued a one-week recreational water advisory for nearly all Atlantic Ocean beaches in Delaware, two days after medical waste started ...

15, park officials said in an announcement on Facebook. “The Chincoteague Public Beach in the Virginia unit has been added to the Closure List,” they said in an update. “All Ocean Facing Beaches at ...

Medical waste, including hypodermic needles, has washed ashore on several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, prompting officials to ban swimming in the affected areas.

The popular Assateague Island beach — one of the hallmarks of a Chincoteague vacation — has been closed indefinitely because ...

Chincoteague Public Beach and all ocean-facing beaches at Assateague Island National Seashore are closed due to medical waste ...

Medical wastes washing ashore at Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland have led to a closure of all ...

Several beaches along Assateague Island are closed to due to medical waste washing ashore, according to the Assateague Island ...

Medical waste has been found on the beaches from Assateague State Park to Fenwick Island and officials are closing the ocean ...

If you’re heading to the beaches of Delmarva anytime soon, access to the ocean is restricted in some areas there due to a “significant amount of medical waste washing onshore.” Officials at Assateague ...