Syringes, needles and other potentially harmful medical devices were found Sunday morning largely along Assateague Island shorelines. Officials are looking into why “a large component of medical waste ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- More than 100 needles and other medical waste items were found washed up on the shoreline in Venice on Sunday, prompting a beach closure and an investigation. The medical waste ...

DEWEY BEACH, Delaware (WPVI) -- The coastline along Dewey Beach in Delaware is temporarily closed to swimming after medical waste washed ashore, officials say. Local leaders said the closure came from ...

Syringes and medical waste have been found on beaches in two neighboring Jersey Shore towns in the past day - the second time this summer that medical debris has washed ashore. Mantoloking police said ...

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced beaches would be open at a morning press conference, as she warned beach-goers to steer clear of anything suspicious in the sand. “I am happy to report ...