Tag: flesh eating bacteria
Deadly Bacteria in Louisiana Oysters Raise Alarming Questions About Seafood Safety
Louisiana’s beloved oysters are under scrutiny after two more people died from infections linked to the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. Health officials confirmed that...
Rising Waterborne Threats: Brain-Eating Amoeba and Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases Raise Concern
Health officials are sounding the alarm over two rare but deadly waterborne infections that appear to be surfacing more often: the brain-eating amoeba (Naegleria...
Deadly Waters: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Claims Lives Across Gulf Coast
Health officials are sounding the alarm across Gulf Coast states after a flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, has led to 8 deaths and 32 reported...
Deadly Waters: 4 Floridians Die from ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria as Officials Urge...
Florida health officials have confirmed that four people have died this year after contracting a rare and dangerous bacterial infection known as Vibrio vulnificus,...
New Mom Loses Both Hands And Feet To Flesh-Eating Bacteria After...
Imagine the joy of hearing you're pregnant! Now imagine having to cope with losing both your hands and feet? Such is the story for...
Swim At Your Own Risk: Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach
A day at the beach turned into a nightmare for a Galveston, Texas man after contracting a rare and potentially fatal flesh-eating bacteria. Now...
Florida Health Officials Issue Deadly Bacteria Warning
Health officials in Sarasota County, Florida issued a warning last week against eating raw oysters and exposing open wounds to coastal and inland waters...
In the News: Flesh Eating Bacteria Puts Man in Coma
It’s rare enough to contract necrotizing fasciitis, otherwise known as “flesh-eating bacteria.” But a 44-year-old man recently came down with an extremely rare case...
