In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.
Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy and active on the coast. But at one point when he jumped into the ...
Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead ...
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 ...
Spanish Fort, Ala. — After boating with her friends on Labor Day along Alabama's Gulf coast, Summerlin Skipworth's life changed dramatically. The 30-year-old single mom slipped and cut her feet near a ...
A flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio was discovered all over Long Island — and authorities are issuing warnings about it. Causing the disease vibriosis, people infected with Vibrio can suffer ...
Health officials in Louisiana have reported two deaths this week from Vibrio infections linked to oysters harvested in the state. Reading time 3 minutes “Flesh-eating” bacteria are continuing to claim ...