Florida group home sued after resident allegedly contracts ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria - David Nolan-Hersey, a 34-year-old who ...

A Florida teenager is fighting for his life in the hospital after being exposed to a flesh-eating bacteria while swimming at ...

A Florida teen nearly died from a flesh-eating bacteria infection contracted through a small scratch while swimming at a ...

A teen has been left fighting for his life after contracting a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that he caught after swimming at ...

A Florida mother is asking for help after her teenage son's day swimming with his siblings has turned into a "medical nightmare." Tirzah Thompson, the mother of 17-year-old Joziah Thompson, is ...

Tirzah Thompson thought it was great when her children asked to go for a swim at Lion's Park near their Niceville, Florida, home on June 1—until the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus struck her family. With ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 17-year-old is hospitalized after doctors confirmed he contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacterial infection linked to warm coastal waters. Joziah Thompson spent a summer ...

What started as a simple scrape has turned into a medical nightmare for one Florida teen. After swimming at a park in Niceville, Florida, 17-year-old Joziah Thompson got what was initially a minor ...

“Flesh-eating” infections of V. vulnificus can happen when the bacteria enters an open wound, usually by swimming in the warm salt or brackish waters where they naturally reside. People can also ...

17-year-old Joziah Thompson contracted the "flesh eating" bacteria Vibrio vulnificus after swimming in Boggy Bayou June 1, 2026. The bacteria entered through a scrape on his leg, his mother said. Mom ...