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

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and ...

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

Vibriosis, a seasonal summer infection, can be severe. Vibrio bacteria thrive at popular bathing sites like the Baltic Sea. Here's how to protect yourself.

The culprit, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater and can get into the body through open wounds in the skin.

Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm seawater, with 11 cases ...

Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

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

Four deaths and 11 cases have been reported statewide this year, according to the Florida Department of Health.

The Florida Department of Health released its 2025 report on Vibrio vulnificus. It's a type of flesh-eating bacteria found in ...

Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and is ...