A 78-year-old man died at a Bay hospital on Aug. 4 after contracting vibrio vulnificus. This marks the second local vibrio ...

"There doesn't need to be a fear of the water," his daughter said. "There needs to be an education and a knowledge of if you ...

Deaths from “flesh-eating” bacteria are on the rise across the southeastern coasts of the U.S. At least five people in ...

The brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating-bacteria are known to thrive in warm water environments. The brain-eating amoebas ...

Four people have died and 7 others have been sickened amid a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, flesh-eating bacteria that ...

Necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as the flesh-eating disease, results from a bacterial infection and rapidly destroys the body's soft tissue. The condition garnered national attention in 2012 ...

Jutla also explained that Vibrio vulnificus infections often rise following hurricanes, which stir up bacteria in floodwaters ...

The term “flesh-eating bacteria” refers to bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis that destroys the soft tissue, ...

Necrotizing Fasciitis, Blinding Larvae & More Scary Diseases Good Luck Sleeping Tonight Shellfish that can kill you in 30 minutes, ‘penis fish,’ and other medical nightmares. By Casey Schwartz.

According to the CDC, there are only about 700 to 1,100 cases of necrotizing fasciitis in the United States per year. But if it’s not caught early, it can be fatal: about a third of cases of ...

Symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include a small red painful lump or bump in the skin that changes to a very painful rapidly growing bruise (sometimes within an hour), and the center of the ...

Aimee Copeland, battling necrotizing fasciitis, now able to speak May 29, 2012 / 10:40 AM EDT / CBS News ...