The threat from flesh-eating bacteria in beaches and rivers is growing by the week, with reported cases now in the double ...

Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...

Eight people have died in the U.S. this year in Florida and Louisiana from infection with Vibrio vulnificus, a "flesh-eating" ...

Health officials are urging the public to take precautions, especially during the summer months when people are more likely ...

A Panama City family is coping with the death of a family member who contracted Vibrio Vulnificus, also known as a flesh-eating bacteria. 78-year-old Alan Kidd passed away on Sunday.

Although the News Herald was unable to independently verify by the time of publication, WMBB's Tom Lewis reported that the most recent death was a 78-year-old man on vacation at St. George Island in ...

More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North American Pacific ...

There have been five deaths in Florida attributed to the Vibrio vulnificus bacteria this year. Since mid-July, the state has ...

Health department officials also confirmed that the other Bay County victim, whose death in early July was attributed to ...

A man has spent more than a week in a hospital on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after a small cut on his leg led to a ...

Another person in Bay County has died from Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Florida Department of Health said, bringing the ...

“Vibrio infections are often associated with eating raw or under-cooked shellfish such as oysters, clams, shrimp and scallops,” Jones said, noting that some species of Vibrio can enter the body ...