Officials are cautioning against swimming in waters along the Gulf Coast as “flesh-eating bacteria” cases spike in the South, leaving eight people dead so far across Florida and Louisiana. So far this ...
A grouping of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria is revealed in a 13,184x magnified scanning electron microscopic image from 2005. (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Two more people have died ...
A Pensacola woman believes she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, after swimming in Santa Rosa Sound with a small cut on her leg. Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters and are ...
NEW ORLEANS — Two people have died after eating Louisiana oysters infected with a flesh eating bacteria. WBRZ reports the oysters were harvested in Louisiana before being served at restaurants in both ...