The Outer Banks of North Carolina is the hardest-hit area of flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus. The city has reported ...

North Carolina is seeing an increase in Vibrio infections, with 59 cases and one death reported through July 31.

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

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Dare County health officials have issued a statement reminding the public on how to avoid ...

Cases of "flesh-eating" bacteria infections are climbing across the Southeast. North Carolina has tallied 59 Vibrio infections and one death this year, while Florida and Louisiana have recorded eight ...

A surge of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is impacting US coasts, leading to multiple deaths and infections. The ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, and ...

Cases of flesh-eating bacteria, caused by Vibrio, are increasing along the southeastern U.S. coasts, resulting in multiple ...

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 ...

Outer Banks Voice In the wake of a WRAL report that a man has been hospitalized on the Outer Banks as the result of a Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Dare County Department ...

Cases of flesh-eating bacteria infections are rising across the Southeast, with North Carolina reporting 59 Vibrio infections ...

Jutla also explained that Vibrio vulnificus infections often rise following hurricanes, which stir up bacteria in floodwaters ...