Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how to avoid it.

Eleven people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, and four of them died, ...

Eleven people, including a person in Bay County, have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, and four of them died, according to a report.

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, ...

The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Hillsborough, Bay, Broward and St. Johns counties, according to the ...

TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA) — Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida, the Florida Department of Health announced. “Vibrio Vulnificus” is a flesh-eating bacterium that normally lives in ...

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

And yes, I know — “Don’t go in the water” sounds like advice straight out of Jaws. But this time, the threat isn’t a giant shark; it’s a microscopic critter that doesn’t even have teeth.

Mom of 2 Sons with Autism Has Limbs Amputated After Flesh-Eating Disease: 'I Can't Take Care of My Children’ Arisbeth Muñoz is raising money for prosthetics so she can “be present" for her ...