The bacteria is found in saltwater, brackish water and inside contaminated raw or undercooked seafood. It also lives ...

The bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, most often causes infection through open wounds and the consumption of undercooked or raw ...

Infection can occur through consuming raw shellfish or exposure of open wounds to contaminated water. Planning to take a ...

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

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

Four people have died and 7 others have been sickened amid a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, flesh-eating bacteria that ...

The rare microbial menace can be contracted by swimming in coastal water or eating raw shellfish, and Florida saw a severe ...

The Florida Department of Health is reporting that there have been deaths in Bay, Broward, St. Johns and Hillsborough ...

Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio ...

A University of Florida infectious disease expert is urging caution after four people died from a dangerous flesh-eating ...

Florida officials warn about Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm water that has caused four deaths this ...

Florida is grappling with a surge in Vibrio vulnificus infections, a dangerous bacteria thriving in warm coastal waters, ...