While Vibrio vulnificus thrives in brackish water, freshwater presents a different but equally rare threat: Naegleria fowleri ...

Just as Australia lifts its biosecurity ban on US beef, including cattle raised in Mexico and Canada but slaughtered in the ...

Thirteen people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, according to a report.

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that lives in sea waters, brackish water and inside raw or uncooked seafood, led to at least ...

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

A University of Florida infectious disease expert is urging caution after four people died from a dangerous flesh-eating bacterium found in warm Florida waters, including two deaths reported in St.

The bacteria is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood. It also lives ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

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

A rare flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio Vulnificus, has caused four deaths in Florida this year, raising concerns among health officials. With 448 cases and 100 deaths recorded since 2016, the bacteria ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther north in Mexico than previously reported.