A slimy creature called the New World Screwworm (NWS) is causing people to crawl out of their skin, as officials warn the ...

Cases of the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus typically rise in the summer months ...

Health experts are warning Americans headed to the beach for the Fourth of July weekend about a rise in cases of the ...

The bacteria can enter the body through open wounds or by consuming raw oysters.

A Mississippi man spent a typical day fishing south of Cat Island and on the Jourdan River. Now he’s in a hospital ICU, ...

Americans heading to beaches and coastal destinations for the Fourth of July weekend are being warned about a potentially ...

The CDC says around 1 in 5 people who develop Vibrio vulnificus infection will die due to life-threatening complications.

As waters heat up this summer, health experts are urging people to take precautions against vibrio, the bacteria which can ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters and can destroy human tissue within hours, killed ...

The researchers suggest that superworms offer a “practical alternative” to existing skeletal cleaning methods.

“We were totally blindsided. It all felt so surreal, it felt like a living nightmare,” Scarlett Simpson said of her late mom, ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly bacterium, is spreading in US waters as federal disease surveillance is reduced. Warming seas ...