Danger Beyond the Beach: Climate change and its toll on health in the Carolinas A microbe so dangerous it can strip the flesh from a person’s arms and legs showed up in the Waccamaw River eight years ...

Four people in Florida have died after they contracted flesh-eating bacteria this year, according to the state’s health department. The agency said there was one fatal case in each of the following ...

Three people in North Carolina have died in the last month due to infections from vibrio, a bacteria that naturally lives in coastal waters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Symptoms of Vibrio infection can range from vomiting and diarrhea to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

About eight years ago, TikToker Taylor (@elegancebythemile) went on a trip to New Orleans with her friends, where she tried raw oysters for the first time. From then on, she was obsessed with oysters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This bacteria can cause a fatal infection, and individuals should go to the ER immediately if they think they have a Vibrio ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Patty Konietzky thought the small purple lesion on her husband's ankle was a spider bite. But when the lesion quickly spread across his body like a constellation, she knew ...

There has been an increase in Vibrio outbreaks and presence in seafood has been known to disrupt trade, according to FAO and WHO. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...