The reported Vibrio vulnificus cases reported in Florida in 2025 were down dramatically from last year. Here's what to know.

In the wake of multiple case of flesh-eating bacteria in Florida, some may be wondering what they can do to protect ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. During ...

Three people in North Carolina have died in the last month due to infections from vibrio, a bacteria that naturally lives in coastal waters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Galveston health expert is warning the community about the possibility of flesh-eating bacterial infections along the coast. The infection is caused by a bacteria called ...

Four people in Florida have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacterium found in warm, brackish seawater, among 11 confirmed cases, according to state health officials. A ...

The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions to prevent infection from Vibrio vulnificus after ...

States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat along the Gulf ...

A dangerous, salt-obsessed bacterium is wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast. Several dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus and nine deaths have been reported so far this year across Florida, Louisiana, ...

At least ten people in Florida have died this year from the horrifically nicknamed "flesh-eating bacteria, a fatal bacterial infection found in warm coastal waters and uncooked seafood, according to ...

Another two people are dead and at least 22 more have been hospitalized because of a flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana, state health officials confirmed. The reports involved Vibrio vulnificus ...

There has been an increase in Vibrio outbreaks and presence in seafood has been known to disrupt trade, according to FAO and WHO. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...