New fear unlocked! A nasty bacteria is on the rise, just in time for beach season.
Connecticut only sees a handful of cases a year and Connecticut’s Public Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani said “this ...
The bacteria thrives as coastal waters warm.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Within just three weeks, four more cases of flesh-eating bacteria have been reported in Florida. According to the most recent data from the state's Department of Health, there ...
Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...
NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...
Scientists say New York's coastal waters are experiencing some of the most severe threats on record, and they're not just environmental.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man who has been battling with a flesh-eating bacteria for weeks said he believes he was discharged from the hospital early because he does not have insurance. Nate ...