In the wake of multiple case of flesh-eating bacteria in Florida, some may be wondering what they can do to protect ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Florida has reported 30 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year. Five deaths from the infection have been recorded in Florida in 2025. The bacteria is found ...

Cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, are still increasing in the state according to new data released Aug. 21 from the Florida Department of Health. While the number of ...

Another person is hospitalized in Bay County because of a "flesh-eating" bacteria. This brings the number of cases of those infected this year up to three in Bay County, with two deaths. Statewide, ...

NASHVILLE — A man is being treated at an Alabama hospital after his wife says he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria kayaking on the Tennessee River. Cassey Rutherford took to social media warning ...

A Florida father has been fighting for his life after getting infected with a flesh-eating bacteria that left his leg covered in giant, bursting blisters, his family said. Ben West, 38, was infected ...