or if you might come into contact with brackish or salt water," the CDC wrote in its oyster safety guide. "Wash open wounds and cuts thoroughly with soap and water if they contacted salt water ...

The critical population of Chesapeake Bay oysters is on the mend, after numbers decreased due to over harvesting, habitat ...

Oysters thrive in brackish water, a mixture of fresh and salt water. The rapid introduction of more fresh water from rain run-off disrupted the balance, leading to the oysters' deaths.

One patient reported consuming raw oysters from an out-of-state establishment. Two patients reported exposure to salt or brackish water in Long Island Sound. Both patients had pre-existing open ...

People become infected with Vibrio vulnificus by exposing an open wound to contaminated saltwater or brackish water, or by eating raw or undercooked seafood, especially oysters. Earlier this month ...

In 2019, unprecedented levels of melting snow and falling rain made the Choptank River, the lab's water source, too fresh for brackish-loving oysters to survive. Climate change is increasing ...

For months, Louisiana oyster farmer Mitch Jurisich, Jr. watched the Mississippi as an invisible surge of Gulf of Mexico salt water crept up the tail end of the river, twisting along levees through ...

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

“We don't know how low salinity a Pacific oyster will need to reproduce in the future. But much suggests that they have genes that allow them to tolerate even more brackish water than today ...

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation resumed oyster restoration efforts near the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse for ...