A health alert has been issued after Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, was detected in coastal waters.

BATON ROGUE, La. (WKRC) - Two people died after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria from consuming raw oysters, joining a growing number of cases from across the country. According to information ...

Four people in Florida have died this year from bacterial infections that can cause “flesh-eating” wounds, the state’s health department reported this month. The culprit, the bacteria Vibrio ...

Four people have died from Vibrio vulnificus — a type of bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection — in Florida so far this year, the Florida Department of Health announced. The bacteria, ...