A potentially deadly bacteria has infected a person in Massachusetts, public health officials said Wednesday, warning people ...

A rare case of the potentially deadly bacteria Vibrio vulnificus was found in a person who was swimming with an exposed wound at Old Silver Beach, according to the town of Falmouth.

The threat from flesh-eating bacteria in beaches and rivers is growing by the week, with reported cases now in the double ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria causes eight fatalities in Florida, as state health officials confirm 13 cases of the flesh-eating infection statewide.

Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...

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