Tiny viruses that infect bacteria could one day help us tackle infections that antibiotics can no longer treat. But first, ...

Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people in the U.S. and beyond. Vibrio vulnificus, a type of flesh-eating ...

Infections caused by vibrio vulnificus are contracted through eating raw seafood or swimming in contaminated water.

Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a ...

Dr. William Schaffner said people with liver disease or who are immunocompromised should avoid eating raw oysters.

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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A patient aged 80 to 84 was the first to die this year in Florida of a confirmed Vibrio vulnificus, better known as the “flesh-eating bacteria,” infection, according to the ...

Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a ...

With the genome sequencing, the researchers estimated that the bacteria in the two urine samples diverged from a common ancestor one to two years before the woman’s current state. Then, more recently, ...

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