Infections with the deadly, flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are rare — but they may be on the rise in parts of the United States. The bacteria are found naturally in warm seawater ...

Vibrio vulnificus naturally lives in warm, salty or brackish water. It comes from the same family as the bacteria that causes cholera. Vibrio can be found in waters around the world. In the US ...

But the CDC's latest warning points to an additional suspect, a type of bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. There are only 150 to 200 cases of Vibrio vulnificus in the U.S. each year, but the ...

Eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, is the most common way of becoming infected, CDC says Flesh-eating bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus is just one species of vibrio ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued a national alert warning health-care professionals to watch out for infections of Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacteria ...

Vibrio vulnificus, known as the flesh-eating bacteria, has killed 5 people in Florida this year, according to the state's health department. Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, but also naturally occurs in saltwater and brackish water. You can be infected with Vibrio when an open wound comes into ...

Nationwide, vibriosis from Vibrio vulnificus and other Vibrio bacteria causes an estimated 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

"After heavy rainfall and flooding, the concentration of these bacteria may rise, particularly in brackish and saltwater environments." If Vibrio vulnificus bacteria infects a person, such as by ...

The back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton hurricanes have helped reach another terrible milestone: there have now been more reported cases of the flesh-eating bacteria in Florida this year ...