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 ...

At least eight people have died across the Gulf Coast this year from infections caused by Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria that thrives in warm coastal waters. More than ...

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 ...

Two deaths from Vibrio vulnificus have been reported in Bay County, Florida, bringing the state total to five in 2025. Florida has seen a total of 16 Vibrio vulnificus cases in 2025, with infections ...

Baton Rouge, La. (July 31, 2025) — The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions to prevent infection from Vibrio vulnificus. The department is seeing a higher number of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, and they are found in higher numbers from May through October, when water temperatures are ...

A Pensacola woman believes she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, after swimming in Santa Rosa Sound with a small cut on her leg. Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters and are ...

This electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in 2005. Janice Haney Carr / AP NEW YORK — States are warning beachgoers ...

Read full article: City of Roanoke asks drivers to leave road space for plows and trucks NEW YORK – States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, ...