US grandad Basil Kennedy is the latest victim of flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, a disease which kills one-in-five ...

Basil Kennedy died from the waterborne Vibrio bacteria, but his family says there needs to be "education and knowledge," not ...

His family hopes the death will help spread awareness and education about a certain type of bacteria. Here’s more.

Officials warn the bacteria, found in warm coastal waters, can enter through open wounds and quickly become life-threatening.

Basil Kennedy, 77, from New Orleans, was getting ready to launch his boat into the Mississippi waters when he cut his leg on ...

A warning has been issued as a grandad died from a ‘flesh-eating bacterium’. Cases are continuing to rise across the Gulf ...

A 77-year-old Mississippi man died from Vibrio vulnificus, or flesh-eating bacteria, after scraping his leg on a boat trailer ...

Those who own boats in Idaho, Washington State, and Utah are probably accustomed to taking the occasional trip to the coast.

A Mississippi father, Basil Kennedy, 77, is among at least nine people nationwide to die this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a ...

New Orleans grandfather Basil Kennedy contracted the bacteria through a cut that tragically led to organ failure.

Louisiana health officials report three new cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, bringing this year’s total ...