The bacteria thrives in warm waters, and is fatal for 1 in 5 people ...

Cases are expected to become more common as climate change leads to warmer ocean temperatures. File this under, “Florida is ...

As the summer season begins, upper-crust New York’s go-to destination is facing an unfortunate “flesh-eating bacteria” ...

Pathogens like the “flesh-eating” bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, are becoming more abundant, because they thrive in warmer water. Fungi, meanwhile, prefer to grow at cooler temperatures, meaning that ...

Cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, are still increasing in the state according to new data released Aug. 21 from the Florida Department of Health. While the number of ...

Two people have died after eating oysters contaminated with flesh-eating bacteria, health officials confirmed, and others have been infected. Both of the fatal cases were traced to Louisiana-harvested ...

Spanish Fort, Ala. — After boating with her friends on Labor Day along Alabama's Gulf coast, Summerlin Skipworth's life changed dramatically. The 30-year-old single mom slipped and cut her feet near a ...

A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy ...