Infection can occur through consuming raw shellfish or exposure of open wounds to contaminated water. Planning to take a family vacation to Florida before the start of school in the fall? You should ...

The State Department of Health has released a statement regarding cases in the panhandle of flesh-eating bacteria.

Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...

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

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

Polish authorities are investigating the source of a suspected cholera infection in an elderly woman from Stargard, who is currently being treated in an infectious diseases ward in Szczecin, in ...

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.

Findings from three seafood monitoring programs in Norway have revealed some non-compliances but an overall positive picture.

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

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