A Florida teenager is fighting for his life in the hospital after being exposed to a flesh-eating bacteria while swimming at a park. Joziah Thompson, 17, was swimming at a park in Niceville, Florida, ...

A seventeen-year-old boy from Florida went to a park with his siblings on the first day of June 2026. He came home with a scratch on his leg. Two days later, he was in emergency surgery, fighting to ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...

Another case of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh‑eating” bacteria, has been reported in Florida, according to the ...

Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, and they are found in higher numbers from May through October, when water temperatures are ...