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.

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

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 ...

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

Two weeks ago, while celebrating his 46th wedding anniversary, Ted Neiland felt what he thought was a spider bite. Just a few ...

At least eight people along the Gulf Coast have died and 22 others have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

A study spearheaded by researchers at Stanford Medicine reports a substantial increase in cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy, a flu complication that causes severe brain swelling among child… ...

About The Study: In this case series of children with influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy from the 2 most recent influenza seasons in the U.S., the condition was associated ...

But for a small subset of kids, the flu can trigger a rare but serious complication called influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE).