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 ...

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.

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...

The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in ...

Health bosses have issued a warning to the public after four people have died from a rare flesh-eating bacteria, which can be ...

Eleven people in Florida have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, including 2 in ...

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

Four people have died and at least 7 others have fallen ill from a flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus, health ...

Four people have died and 7 others have been sickened amid a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, flesh-eating bacteria that thrive in saltwater and brackish water (a mix of salt and fresh water) and ...

A flesh-eating bacteria has infected at least 11 people so far and has killed five people in Florida, USA. Patients can die ...

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