More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the North American Pacific ...

There have been five deaths in Florida attributed to the Vibrio vulnificus bacteria this year. Since mid-July, the state has ...

Officials said eight cases were tied to wound exposure but stressed the infections are "sporadic and unrelated to an outbreak ...

Health department officials also confirmed that the other Bay County victim, whose death in early July was attributed to ...

A man has spent more than a week in a hospital on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after a small cut on his leg led to a ...

Another person in Bay County has died from Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Florida Department of Health said, bringing the ...

“Vibrio infections are often associated with eating raw or under-cooked shellfish such as oysters, clams, shrimp and scallops,” Jones said, noting that some species of Vibrio can enter the body ...

Concerns are rising for a flesh-eating bacteria among multiple coastal states in the southeast that has resulted in numerous deaths and several illnesses. Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana and ...

The U.S. is seeing a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a deadly "flesh-eating" bacteria found in warm coastal waters ...

A 59-year-old man nearly died after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a rare "flesh-eating" bacterium from seawater, prompting ...

An estimated 5 billion sea stars have died due to a sea star-wasting disease in oceans around the world. A team of ...

North Carolina is seeing an increase in Vibrio infections, with 59 cases and one death reported through July 31.