Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with ...

Three people in North Carolina have died in the last month due to infections from vibrio, a bacteria that naturally lives in coastal waters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Symptoms of Vibrio infection can range from vomiting and diarrhea to ...

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 ...

Danger Beyond the Beach: Climate change and its toll on health in the Carolinas A microbe so dangerous it can strip the flesh from a person’s arms and legs showed up in the Waccamaw River eight years ...

Public Health is investigating one mild case of cholera in the Cayman Islands. A press release from the health ministry on ...

There has been an increase in Vibrio outbreaks and presence in seafood has been known to disrupt trade, according to FAO and WHO. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...

The world may be an oyster, but you may want to make sure that you cook it first. As the recent death of a 71-year-old man showed, there are real risks of eating raw oysters. Here is a WTSP News ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Patty Konietzky thought the small purple lesion on her husband's ankle was a spider bite. But when the lesion quickly spread across his body like a constellation, she knew ...

The deaths of three people in North Carolina have been attributed to a bacteria called vibrio after the individuals' open cuts or wounds came into contact with saltwater or brackish water. And now, ...