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

Shaquil Aribuk from the Republic of Palau shares how he caught a flesh-eating bacteria that altered his physical appearance.

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 ...

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

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

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

Fearing a resurgence of the New World Screwworm parasite in the US, the Department of Agriculture block livestock imports from Mexico ...

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 ...

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 ...

Within about a day, ravenous flesh-eating larvae erupt ... the Dominican Republic and came back with an infestation in his nose and sinus cavities. (You can watch extremely graphic footage ...