A rare flesh-eating bacteria lurking in warm coastal waters has claimed lives in Florida, raising urgent health concerns.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio Vulnificus, has caused four deaths in Florida this year, raising concerns among health ...

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

Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and is ...

Four Floridians have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly microbe thriving in warming coastal waters.

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