While you're enjoying the beach, there's a microscopic menace lurking in the warm, salty waters: Vibrio vulnificus, aka the ...

These everyday foods can become seriously harmful—or even deadly—if not prepared, stored, or cooked properly. Here’s how to ...

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but deadly flesh-eating infection. Early treatment is vital to prevent sepsis, amputation, or ...

Stories of survival from vibrio infection are a chilling warning as the fast-moving killer, a flesh-eating bacteria, becomes an increasing threat along America's beaches and shores.

Woman infected by flesh-eating bacteria while buying fish at U. City store, lawsuit says Dana Rieck | Post-Dispatch Feb 2, 2025 ...

Cases of Vibrio vulnificus, sometimes referred to as “flesh-eating” bacteria, are spiking after hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida. The highest number of cases as of Oct. 11 were in ...

PEARLAND, Texas — Researchers believe they've developed a potential drug that could treat the bacterial infections that cause the sometimes deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Brandy Pendergraft, of ...

Fishermen get pricked by hooks, rod tips, and other sharp points all the time. Anyone who's taken fishing for a hobby or a career must be ready to receive a few pokes now and then. However, no one ...

Your Voice: ‘Flesh-eating’ bacteria from seafood spread due to climate change; Hong Kong’s new medical school (long letters) ... she had accidentally stabbed herself on a fish fin.

Flesh-eating bacteria from undercooked fish likely led to the loss of limbs for mom Laura Barajas, whose body could not fight off infection from the aggressive bacteria Vibrio vulnificus ...

Here’s why the CDC is so concerned about deadly flesh-eating bacteria and ways to avoid being infected. Skip to main ... People with an open wound should also avoid handling raw seafood or fish.