Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...

The State Department of Health has released a statement regarding cases in the panhandle of flesh-eating bacteria.

The culprit, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm seawater and can get into the body through open wounds in the skin.

Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. It is rare, with an average of 150 to 200 cases reported each year to the Center for Disease Control and ...

Florida leads the nation in Vibrio vulnificus infections, though spikes in cases and deaths tend to coincide with major ...

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

"Cases have expanded in the Eastern U.S.," Aileen Marty, professor of infectious diseases, Florida International University, ...

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and contaminated raw seafood across the ...

Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.

Four people in Florida have died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm seawater, with 11 cases ...

Four deaths and 11 cases have been reported statewide this year, according to the Florida Department of Health.

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...