A deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria is turning up more often in Gulf Coast waters and sometimes in raw oysters. Here’s what to ...

Vibrio vulnificus infections are most common in the Gulf Coast but rising water temperatures are contributing to more cases ...

Health officials in Falmouth have confirmed a rare case of Vibrio vulnificus infection in an older individual who was ...

Life-threatening bacteria found after a person became infected in Massachusetts were also found in the waters at a Buzzards ...

Falmouth health officials say an older person has contracted a rare infection from a bacteria that can cause a "flesh-eating" illness.

A man is being treated for a rare flesh eating disease after swimming at a popular Cape Cod beach with an open wound.

A rare case of the potentially deadly bacteria Vibrio vulnificus was found in a person who was swimming with an exposed wound at Old Silver Beach, according to the town of Falmouth.

The swimmer, described by officials as "an older individual," went into the water at a Falmouth beach with an open wound. The ...

At least eight people have died and 13 cases detected of the flesh-eating bacteria vibrio vulnificus in a US state popular ...

UK holidaymakers travelling to Florida this summer are being warned of a flesh-eating bacteria which has killed at least ...

Louisiana health officials report three new cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, bringing this year’s total to 20 hospitalizations and four deaths.