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

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

Thirteen people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, according to a report.

Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, ...

So far this year, the state reports 7 infections caused by vibrio vulnificus, often called flesh-eating bacteria, and more than 50 likely infections with other strains of vibrio bacteria.

According to the CDC, about one in five people infected die and the bacteria are more active this summer possibly linked to ...

Vibrio live freely in the water, concentrate in sediment and on plastics, and colonize the surfaces and guts of shellfish, fish and zooplankton. For those organisms, the bacteria can often be ...

The coastal states of the United States, including Florida and Louisiana, are reporting a rising number of infections caused ...

The flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has killed four people in Florida this year, with 11 infections reported, typically contracted through warm seawater or raw shellfish.

A dangerous bacteria is spreading across America's Gulf Coast. It is causing severe illness and fatalities. States like ...

The Florida Department of Health reported an increase in cases attributed to a flesh-eating bacteria that lives in warm ...