The North Wales community is rallying around Peter Atkinson and his family as he recovers from necrotizing fasciitis, which ...

A Pennsylvania man is hospitalized and fighting for his life after contracting flesh-eating bacteria. Peter Atkinson — a ...

The reported Vibrio vulnificus cases reported in Florida in 2025 were down dramatically from last year. Here's what to know.

Vibrio vulnificus continues to sicken people in Louisiana as the state urges residents to take precautions The death toll from an outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria continues to rise, with health ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – A Louisiana health official reported two more deaths from the flesh-eating vibrio bacteria, part of 14 more infections. It brings the state’s fatality count ...

NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...

A warning from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health may have some beachgoers exercising a little more caution as they try to escape the August heat. Residents and visitors at Buzzards Bay, a ...

Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are increasing across U.S. coastal areas, with infections spreading beyond their traditional Gulf Coast boundaries as climate change warms ocean waters. According to the ...

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 ...

Spanish Fort, Ala. — After boating with her friends on Labor Day along Alabama's Gulf coast, Summerlin Skipworth's life changed dramatically. The 30-year-old single mom slipped and cut her feet near a ...