Flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm, salty, or brackish waters, especially during summer and after ...

Brackish water has proven deadly in the Sunshine State as cases of a flesh-eating bacteria have been linked to the shimmering coasts of Florida.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria lurking in warm coastal waters has claimed lives in Florida, raising urgent health concerns.

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and ...

Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.

Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio ...

Four Floridians have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly microbe thriving in warming coastal waters.