Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A grouping of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria is revealed in a 13,184x magnified scanning electron microscopic image from 2005.

Michael 'Moose' Mallinis, 73, developed blisters on his legs after emptying crab traps on Mobile Bay and died two days later ...

A North Carolina man is still fighting a serious bacterial infection that landed him in an Outer Banks ICU for more than a week. His case is one of a handful reported this year, drawing attention to a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...

Health officials in Louisiana have reported two deaths this week from Vibrio infections linked to oysters harvested in the state. Reading time 3 minutes “Flesh-eating” bacteria are continuing to claim ...

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading in Gulf and East Coast waters during peak summer months. Louisiana and Florida have reported multiple deaths, while Massachusetts recently ...

A Pensacola woman believes she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, after swimming in Santa Rosa Sound with a small cut on her leg. Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters and are ...