In recent months, infections with a flesh-eating bacteria have made headlines and spooked raw-oyster lovers around the United States. The culprit? Vibrio — specifically, vibrio vulnificus, and ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a warning highlighting the seasonal risk for Vibrio infection. For primary care physicians, it is becoming increasingly ...

Three people in New York and Connecticut have died from a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection, prompting officials to issue new guidance about both avoiding and diagnosing it. Officials said a ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into the water to collect a sample for studying aquatic microbes. Workers nearby ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Health Department announced there have been four cases of vibriosis reported in the county so far this year. Two of those cases reported injuries that were ...

A popular social media personality revealed this week that his partner unexpectedly died after contracting a rare bacterial infection. Billy LeBlanc, a U.S.-based YouTuber, said this week that his ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging New Yorkers to “stay vigilant” and take the necessary precautions to protect themselves against vibriosis, an infection caused by a flesh-eating bacteria that has been ...

A Missouri man died of vibriosis Thursday, June 8, after he ate raw oysters he purchased from a seafood stand, authorities said. The unidentified 54-year-old man died after he was infected with the ...

It’s routine for local public health officials to report vibrio illnesses to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Shellfish Program, which is responsible for tracking the harvest locations ...

Infections with the deadly, flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus are rare — but they may be on the rise in parts of the United States. The bacteria are found naturally in warm seawater, and can ...