A Spring Hill man contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a Bahamas vacation. He scraped his ankle and became sick while returning home.

A Tampa Bay man who was given a 10% chance of survival after contracting flesh-eating bacteria is beating the odds as he goes through rehab treatment.

At least two people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria they contracted from eating raw oysters harvested in Louisiana, underscoring what health authorities say is a notable rise in infections. An ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...

A Florida father's dream getaway to a popular island destination ended in intensive care after a minor scratch on his ankle spiraled into a life threatening flesh eating infection. What began as a ...

Flesh-eating bacteria has been all over the news lately. We've reported on three different people who've been hospitalized over the last few weeks after going into waters along the Texas coast and ...

The sixth case of a flesh-eating Buruli ulcer has been detected on the NSW south coast.

Dear Doctors: We live in Florida, and we keep seeing on the news about people dying from flesh-eating bacteria you can get when you go swimming. It seems like it’s happening a lot more often than it ...

Peter Atkinson was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about 1 in 5 patients The 49-year-old developed sepsis and his kidneys began to fail ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You can get both from swimming and both are potentially dangerous, but here’s what you should know about brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria. The two are both rare, but ...

GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Ben West never imagined a family fishing trip would turn into a fight for survival. In August, West contracted Vibrio vulnificus — commonly known as flesh-eating ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You can get both from swimming and both are potentially dangerous, but here’s what you should know about brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria. The two are both rare, but ...