Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, has recently made headlines in Florida, but its not the only place it is ...

At least two people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria they contracted from eating raw oysters harvested in Louisiana, underscoring what health authorities say is a notable rise in infections. An ...

A number of cases of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have now been detected on the New South Wales south coast. There is growing evidence mosquitoes are at least partly responsible for the spread of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida Department of Health has reported another case of Vibrio vulnificus, the horrific infection also called "flesh-eating" ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You can get both from swimming and both are potentially dangerous, but here’s what you should know about brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria. The two are both rare, but ...

A man who was given a 10% chance of survival after contracting flesh-eating bacteria is beating the odds.

ALVIN, Texas — The man attacked by a shark while swimming off Crystal Beach earlier this month is back in the hospital. Blaine Shelton says he’s being treated for flesh-eating bacteria related to the ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You can get both from swimming and both are potentially dangerous, but here’s what you should know about brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria. The two are both rare, but ...

Florida has reported 31 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, or "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year, resulting in five deaths. The bacteria thrives in warm, brackish seawater and can infect humans ...