Researchers and environmental officials are keeping track of PFAS, or forever chemicals, turning up in the bodies of local ...

Five people in Tampa Bay are killed by flesh-eating bacteria as officials warn locals NOT to ... scattered cases included around four infections around the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia in 2023 ...

Doctors are warning people about flesh-eating bacteria after the Florida Department of Health saw a dramatic increase in confirmed cases of vibrio vulnificus in the Tampa Bay area. Joe Rogan ...

Florida health officials noted that six Tampa Bay area counties saw an “unusual increase” in cases of Vibrio vulnificus this year, attributed to floodwaters from back-to-back hurricanes… ...

Florida health officials noted that six Tampa Bay area counties saw an “unusual increase” in cases of Vibrio ... Vibrio vulnificus is a so-called “flesh-eating bacteria” that lives in warm ...

A Journal mBio study confirmed Hurricane Ian, which struck Southwest Florida in September 2022, unleashed various Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness… ...

New study confirms presence of flesh-eating and illness-causing bacteria in Florida's coastal waters following Hurricane Ian. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

New study confirms presence of flesh-eating and illness-causing bacteria in Florida’s coastal waters following Hurricane ... Colwell said the rapidly warming Chesapeake Bay could also be affected.

A warming ocean is helping a flesh-eating bacteria creep north. What it means for the NC coast. According to the CDC, Vibrio vulnificus is expanding its range north at nearly 30 miles a year.

Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area due to a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in the waters.According to Florida Health, Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that naturally occurs in warm ...

Florida officials report five deaths from ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria in Tampa Bay since January By . Chris Pandolfo, Fox News. Published Aug. 20, 2023. Updated Aug. 20, 2023, 1:03 p.m. ET.

Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area because of a flesh-eating bacterium known to lurk at beaches, Florida officials reported. According to Florida Health, the vibrio vulnificus ...