A second person in Florida has died this year after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly bacterium found ...

Vibrio vulnificus, which thrives in warm, brackish water, has also killed two people in Florida this year. Louisiana health ...

Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm coastal waters, and people can get sickened by it through raw shellfish or open wounds.

Infections caused by vibrio vulnificus are contracted through eating raw seafood or swimming in contaminated water.

Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus infections so far this year, a bacterium that the CDC and many news outlets refer to as “flesh-eating bacteria.” The Florida Department of ...

So far in 2026, Louisiana has already had 9 cases of people being infected by Vibrio vulnificus, dubbed a flesh-eating ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, a flesh-eating bacteria, has hospitalized nine and killed five in Louisiana in 2026, health ...

A second person in Florida has died from Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacteria linked to raw shellfish, according to health ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Health reported the first "flesh-eating" bacteria death of the year on Thursday. The FDOH's website showed there have been 11 confirmed cases of Vibrio ...

An elderly Floridian has become the first person to die from an extremely rare flesh-eating bacterium this year, healths officials announced. The Palm Beach County patient died after contracting ...