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A 78-year-old man died at a Bay hospital on Aug. 4 after contracting vibrio vulnificus. This marks the second local vibrio ...
His family hopes the death will help spread awareness and education about a certain type of bacteria. Here’s more.
"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 ...
The U.S. is seeing a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria found in warm coastal waters ...
In total, there have been 57 confirmed cases of the infection caused by the "flesh-eating" bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in ...
Vibrio vulnificus bacteria causes eight fatalities in Florida, as state health officials confirm 16 cases of the flesh-eating ...
In 2013, a mysterious epidemic turned billions of sea stars between Mexico and Alaska into goo. Now we know why ...
Another person in Bay County has died from Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Florida Department of Health said, bringing the ...
Basil Kennedy’s loved ones urge those with health conditions to avoid warm coastal waters and raw shellfish, as Vibrio vulnificus infections surge amid rising temps ...
Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...
Vibrio vulnificus a flesh-eating bacterium has caused a significant rise in the number of infections and hospitalisations in ...