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

Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm seawater, with 11 cases ...

The Florida Department of Health released its 2025 report on Vibrio vulnificus. It's a type of flesh-eating bacteria found in ...

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...

The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Hillsborough, Bay, Broward and St. Johns counties, according to the ...

The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in ...

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

To find the true culprit, Tomasko's team is deploying DNA-based tracking methods across four locations five times this summer ...

FLESH-EATING BACTERIA IN FLORIDA 裂 As cases pop up across the state, health officials are sharing how to avoid infection.

Florida leads the nation in Vibrio vulnificus infections, though spikes in cases and deaths tend to coincide with major ...

Four people in Florida have died and seven others have been sickened this year by a rare but potentially deadly bacterial ...

HEALTH ALERT ⚠ Florida health officials are warning of a flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four people, including one ...