In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.

Dear Doctors: We live in Florida, and we keep seeing on the news about people dying from flesh-eating bacteria you can get when you go swimming. It seems like it’s happening a lot more often than it ...

The first and only case reported so far this year involved someone in Connecticut who ate infected oysters from out of state.

Peter Atkinson — Courtesy of GoFundMe "Prayers for Pete: Support His Recovery"/John DeSantis A Pennsylvania business owner is facing a long and uncertain recovery after a rare flesh-eating bacterial ...

North Carolina saw more than 100 cases of a sometimes flesh-eating bacteria in 2025. Vibrio, a bacteria found in salt and ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — A Holland resident is speaking out after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but often fatal bacterial infection she contracted following a routine ovarian surgery in 2023. Brenna ...

Florida has reported 30 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year. The infection is contracted by eating raw seafood or exposing open wounds to warm, brackish ...

YULEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a case of Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in Nassau County. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in ...

A Pennsylvania business owner is facing a long and uncertain recovery after a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection nearly killed him, sending him into organ failure and leaving his family scrambling ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health (FLDOH) reported a new case of flesh-eating bacteria — this time in Polk County. 10 Tampa Bay News reached out to the FLDOH to get clarity over how ...