Stories of brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria are frightening. Here's what swimmers in North Carolina should know ...

The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, is commonly found in Gulf Coast waters, and recent cases have been reported in ...

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

Four people in Florida have died and seven others have been sickened this year by a rare but potentially deadly bacterial ...

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

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

Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that lives in sea waters, brackish water and inside raw or uncooked seafood, led to at least four deaths in four counties across the state, according to a report from ...

Florida leads the nation in Vibrio vulnificus infections, though spikes in cases and deaths tend to coincide with major ...

The bacteria is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood. It also lives ...

Dr. Aileen Marty of Florida International University explains the dangers of vibrio, a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm waters, which has already claimed four lives in Florida.

The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in ...