Cases of the deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are on the rise in the United States, especially in the Southeast. At least ten people have already died this year from infections with ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida man has been hospitalized after contracting a life-threatening flesh-eating bacteria while fishing out in the Gulf of Mexico. ABC affiliate WFTS reports Mike Walton is being ...

Climate change may lead to unlikely illnesses in unexpected places, new research suggests: In the past two years, five cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterial infection spread by handling ...

Florida health officials confirmed that four people have died from Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, across the state so far in 2025. The deaths occurred in Bay, Broward, ...

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a case of Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Four people in Florida have died this year from bacterial infections that can cause “flesh-eating” wounds, the state’s health department reported this month. The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio ...

As temperatures continue to swelter and people flock to the Gulf Coast to enjoy its warm, salty waters, health officials are warning swimmers about a "flesh-eating" bacteria that has killed at least ...

NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...