Cases of "flesh-eating" bacteria infections are climbing across the Southeast. North Carolina has tallied 59 Vibrio ...

A dangerous bacteria is spreading across America's Gulf Coast. It is causing severe illness and fatalities. States like ...

Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - A man has spent more than a week in an Outer Banks hospital after a small cut on his leg turned ...

Health officials are sending a warning to residents in Gulf Coast states after eight people are dead from the flesh-eating ...

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

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

So far in 2025, 17 cases of Vibrio vulnificus have been reported among Louisiana residents. All of these patients were ...

Outbreaks from ocean pathogens that can be deadly to marine life and even threaten humans are more frequent in overheated ...

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

Vibrio bacteria thrive at popular bathing sites like the Baltic Sea. Vibriosis is caused by Vibrio bacteria, which live naturally in brackish, warm, low-salinity coastal waters Typical European ...

No, but it does kill it. Vibrio vulnificus can cause necrotizing fasciitis that kills human tissue, including the skin and outer layer surrounding muscles, nerves, fat, blood vessels and organs.