This combination of photos provided by Karrianne Stewart shows the leg of her husband, Bernie Stewart, in Pensacola, Fla., with a blister at the start of an August 2019 Vibrio infection, and years ...
The pain, said Genevieve Gallagher, was "unbelievable." The Florida woman nearly lost her life and her leg to the flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus, or Vibrio, after swimming with her ...
Vibrio infections often begin when people eat raw or undercooked seafood. A man died in Florida earlier this month after eating a contaminated raw oyster. Last week the Centers for Disease Control and ...
NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...
Three more cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, have been reported in Florida according to new data released Aug. 28 from the Florida Department of Health. Statewide, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...