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

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

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

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

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

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Lee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...

The bacterium Vibrio vulnificus thrives in saltwater and brackish water, and can cause severe illness ...

Four people have died and at least 7 others have fallen ill from a flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus, health ...

Experts say it is essential to keep a keen eye out this summer for any activities that can cause a break in the skin.

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

These fast-spreading infections usually involve multiple types of gram-positive bacteria. Necrotizing fasciitis –or flesh-eating disease–is the best known of these infections.

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Manatee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...