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

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 ...

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

A Florida teenager’s summer swim turned into a life-or-death struggle after he contracted a dangerous “flesh-eating” bacterial infection. 17-year-old Joziah Thompson caught a case of Vibrio vulnificus ...

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 ...

Cases of Vibrio vulnificus infection in Florida are climbing to nearly twice the number reported by this time last year.

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 ...