The threat comes from two rare but potentially deadly pathogens: Vibrio vulnificus, often referred to as "flesh-eating ...

Lacey Pepper underwent 17 surgeries and spent nearly two months recovering after contracting necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

Another case of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh‑eating” bacteria, has been reported in Florida, according to the ...

Eight people have died from Vibrio vulnificus infections along the Gulf Coast this season, and the bacterium responsible for ...

UF's Dr. Norman Beatty pursues diseases capable of inflicting much suffering — and becoming more of a threat in a changing ...

The signs of the dangerous flesh-eating disease 'necrotising fasciitis' are worth knowing after a woman lost part of her body ...

Flesh-eating bacteria? Uh oh … you may want to have a seat. This is going to be a doozy. It turns out that you’ve got a ...

Doctors told him they didn't know if he was going to die ...

The United States is going through the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record. Thousands of people, mostly in the Midwest, ...

One day last July, Vernon Spear scratched his forearm on a crab pot as he pulled it out of the Choptank River from his pier in Cambridge, MD. He put hydrogen peroxide on the tiny cuts, thinking that ...

Federal job cuts are compromising the safety of America's food supply.

The parasite landscape in the u.s. Is rapidly shifting. Tick bites are sending people to the emergency room at the highest ...