Richard Empson stands on an artificial right leg after his battle with vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria that shows ...

Man, 47, contracts severe infection following treatment at a traditional medicine clinic A probe was launched into 'flesh-eating infection' after bacteria were found on patient shorts used at an ...

Imagine a tiny cut turning into a life-threatening ordeal. Along the coasts, a deadly flesh-eating bacteria is making this ...

The words “flesh-eating bacteria” may conjure images of a widespread infection leading to a zombie apocalypse in a sci-fi film. The reality is a lot less sensational, but no less deadly ...

An 8-year-old boy was diagnosed with life-threatening Pott’s puffy tumour, an extreme side effect of a sinusitis infection ...

Hong Kong authorities have found a sample of the same type of bacteria responsible for a “flesh-eating infection” that led to the amputation of a man’s left leg on a pair of shorts given to ...

The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water. How much you consume matters: “If you swallow ...

And nose plugs (sometimes called clips ... This can help protect you from flesh-eating bacteria, Sullivan says. You should also cover any cuts, scrapes, or fresh tattoos or piercings with a ...

They suspect that frequent exposure to meat-eating bacteria and other pathogens may ... the aggressive pathogen can eat away at living flesh. “If we could find the way that the beetles deal ...

The hydrogen sulfide gas seaweed releases when it rots can irritate your eyes, nose and throat ... including an infection known as “flesh-eating bacteria.” “I don’t think everyone should ...

Your nose is for breathing and your mouth is for eating – Ann Kearney One month ... your hard working turbinates sift through dust, bacteria, viruses and more, an advantage you won't get from ...

While Florida might see blooms of seaweed this season, that doesn’t mean all beaches will be full of it through October. The sargassum will show up on beaches in clumps when the tide is high and the ...