A person contracted an infection from Vibrio vulnificus at a Falmouth beach. Here's what it is, how to spot symptoms and complications it can cause.

We recently reported on the Louisiana Department of Health's warning about Vibrio vulnificus, the flesh-eating bacteria that Boing Boing's Séamus Bellamy so beautifully describes as "living its best life in the waters slopping up against the beaches of America's east coast.

The swimmer, described by officials as "an older individual," went into the water at a Falmouth beach with an open wound. The post Officials: Cape Cod swimmer infected with rare bacteria that can cause ‘flesh-eating’ disease appeared first on Boston.