A University of Florida infectious disease expert is urging caution after four people died from a dangerous flesh-eating bacterium found in warm Florida waters, including two deaths reported in St.

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

The bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, most often causes infection through open wounds and the consumption of undercooked or raw ...

The flesh-eating Vibrio vulnificus is routeinly found in the swimming waters on New Jersey's shores. What you should know.

Seek medical attention right away for infected wounds.

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed one fatality because of Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacterium that naturally ...