Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Albert Allison is back home after a scare of a lifetime with Vibrio vulnificus, more commonly known as a flesh-eating disease. He ...

PEARLAND, Texas — A Pearland woman is sharing a message of warning after her father died after he was infected by vibrio bacteria while fishing in Freeport. “It’s literally, like the breath is sucked ...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Health is warning Rhode Islanders after a resident died from an infection caused by bacteria that live in warm saltwater and brackish water. The ...

Cape Cod health officials say a person who swam at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth has contracted a rare but potentially life-threatening infection from bacteria that can cause a "flesh-eating" illness.

PANAMA CITY — Another case of "flesh-eating" bacteria has hit the Florida Panhandle. Data from the Florida Department of Health indicates another person has died from vibrio vulnificus in Bay County.

An 88-year-old man is recovering after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria, vibrio vulnificus, in Collier County. The man, Albert Allison, is unsure how he was infected as he was fishing from a dock ...

A 66-year-old Bradenton man required hospitalization and a leg amputation after he contracted a bacterial infection while wade fishing, a family member said. The man has been diagnosed with an ...

Vibrio are a group of bacteria that can be present in any body of saltwater, and risk of a Vibrio infection is high when water temperatures are above 70 degrees. Someone can become infected if they go ...

A bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis — in which the infected flesh dies — keeps sickening people, especially in Florida and Louisiana. The Tallahassee Democrat, part of the USA TODAY ...

On Aug. 13, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a warning regarding a potentially dangerous bacterium found in the waters of Cape Cod: Vibrio vulnificus. This warning was prompted by ...

Whether you're knocking back a few dozen oysters or hitting up the local sushi restaurant, raw seafood is commonly seen as a ...

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Almost a dozen people have died this year in the Southeast after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus ...