Each summer, as the waters along the U.S. coastline heat up, cases of flesh-eating bacteria start to grow. The bacteria — which can be deadly, depending on the type — thrives in water with ...

MICHAEL SMITH: Flesh eating, bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico? Well, it's technically not flesh, eating, and thankfully, rare. But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill ...

Most group A strep infections cause mild illnesses like strep throat — but when that bacteria spreads to the blood and deep ...

but all that matters is my girl is ALIVE," her mom wrote A 12-year-old girl’s family says she is “on the road to recovery” after she contracted a deadly flesh-eating bacteria during a ...

However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis.

A Florida man died on July 10 after eating a raw oyster at a Sarasota restaurant that was contaminated by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which can cause flesh-eating disease, or necrotizing ...

As of October 25, 2024, there have been 77 cases and 15 deaths, up from 46 cases and 11 deaths in 2023. Vibrio are a group of marine bacteria that thrive in warm, brackish waters—where fresh water ...