Infection can occur through consuming raw shellfish or exposure of open wounds to contaminated water. Planning to take a family vacation to Florida before the start of school in the fall? You should ...

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The State Department of Health has released a statement regarding cases in the panhandle of flesh-eating bacteria.

Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...

Brackish water has proven deadly in the Sunshine State as cases of a flesh-eating bacteria have been linked to the shimmering coasts of Florida.

Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.