Derek Michael D’Arcy died less than two weeks after he was exposed to Vibrio vulnificus though a cut on his leg.

A Holland resident is speaking out after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but often fatal bacterial infection she ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called 'flesh-eating bacteria,' hits another Florida county, but it's also found in NC. Here's what people should know.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A 39-year-old Logan Heights mother is now home after a harrowing battle with necrotizing fasciitis that led to multiple amputations. Arisbeth Munoz's ordeal began in late December ...

Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters and can be contracted through raw seafood or open wounds.

Bloodstream and wound infections are far more severe, causing “dangerously low” blood pressure, skin blisters, and ...

It can lead to severe illness, including necrotizing fasciitis, a fast-spreading infection that destroys tissue. About 1 in 5 people with this infection die. It is not yet clear how the latest victim ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning about cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum in patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. The new warning will be ...