Flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm, salty, or brackish waters, especially during summer and after ...

Florida leads the nation in Vibrio vulnificus infections, though spikes in cases and deaths tend to coincide with major ...

Brackish water has proven deadly in the Sunshine State as cases of a flesh-eating bacteria have been linked to the shimmering coasts of Florida.

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

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

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and ...

"Cases have expanded in the Eastern U.S.," Aileen Marty, professor of infectious diseases, Florida International University, ...

Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm seawater, with 11 cases ...

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

Four deaths and 11 cases have been reported statewide this year, according to the Florida Department of Health.

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

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