As the official start of summer approaches, federal officials are warning Americans to take extra precautions when eating oysters and clams to avoid a potentially deadly illness known as paralytic ...

FILE - Grasses and yearling oysters, growing on the large "mother" shells planted throughout the bed, are barely covered by a thin layer of water at low tide on May 1, 2015, in Willapa Bay near ...

There’s nothing more summery than shucking some oysters, but you might want to think twice before you slurp them down—or at least check where your haul is coming from first. That’s because some ...

The probable case of paralytic shellfish poisoning at Kenai Peninsula's Clam Gulch overnight Sunday was the first ever recorded at the popular Southcentral clamming area, and the second-most northern ...

Most of Vashon Island is now closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poison, which acts quickly and can cause paralysis of the respiratory system ...

Health officials are sounding the alarm on shellfish poisoning along Washington's Pacific Coast. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) said it's closely monitoring high levels of paralytic ...

Authorities have imposed a temporary ban on the gathering and consumption of shellfish from the coastal waters of Leyte town, Leyte province, which has been placed under a local red tide warning ...

Shellfish meat collected in the coastal waters of Leyte town in Leyte province tested positive for red tide toxins, the ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has sounded the alarm after a wave of dead shellfish washed up along parts ...

A woman who woke up paralysed after eating shellfish has issued an urgent warning about the dangers of an odourless and tasteless toxin the seafood was riddled with. Kim Taia went from being fit and ...

Revive I-5 work to restart on Ship Canal Bridge, months-long lane closure ahead Drivers have gotten a lot use out of the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge since the 1960s, but now it’s showing its age and needs ...