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The State Department of Health has released a statement regarding cases in the panhandle of flesh-eating bacteria.
In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...
Infection can occur through consuming raw shellfish or exposure of open wounds to contaminated water. Planning to take a family vacation to Florida before the start of school in the fall? You should ...
Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...
At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and contaminated raw seafood across the ...
Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.
Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio ...
Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm seawater, with 11 cases ...
The Florida Department of Health released its 2025 report on Vibrio vulnificus. It's a type of flesh-eating bacteria found in ...
A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...
The deaths caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacterium were in Hillsborough, Bay, Broward and St. Johns counties, according to the ...
The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in ...