(WFSB) - The Connecticut Department of Public Health is warning residents about the potential dangers of consuming raw shellfish and exposure to salt or brackish water along Long Island Sound, due to ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a warning on Friday about severe Vibrio infections after three people were hospitalized and one died. Vibrio ...
"Flesh-eating" bacteria that live in the ocean may be spreading to previously unaffected beach waters thanks to climate change, according to a new report. The report authors described five cases of ...
States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating type of bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus is becoming an annual threat along the ...
On June 1, 2015, Schumacher arrived at St. Charles Hospital’s emergency department by ambulance and was admitted for ...
The high incidence, mortality, morbidity and cost associated with CRBSIs have created considerable interest by healthcare providers, insurers, regulators, and patient advocates in further reducing the ...
In preliminary tests, a matchstick-size rod containing a new drug offered promise as a shield against the virus. But a large clinical trial must still be done. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. In what could ...