The rare microbial menace can be contracted by swimming in coastal water or eating raw shellfish, and Florida saw a severe ...

Vibrio vulnificus infections are rare, but about 20% of cases in the U.S. are deadly. Doctors explain the cause and symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has spanned 10 states, including ...

The Florida Department of Health is reporting that there have been deaths in Bay, Broward, St. Johns and Hillsborough ...

Four people have died and 7 others have been sickened amid a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, flesh-eating bacteria that ...

Four people in Florida have died this year after contracting Vibrio vulnificus. Though rare, infections can require intensive ...

It has been called “flesh-eating” because some Vibrio vulnificus infections can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, described as a ...

Eleven people in Florida have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, including 2 in ...

According to the Florida Department of Health, the bacterium normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and it can make people ...

Record number of cases of the life-threatening Vibrio bacteria in Florida last year after Hurricanes Milton and Helene ...

Experts say it is essential to keep a keen eye out this summer for any activities that can cause a break in the skin.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus has resulted in the deaths of four individuals this year.