Infection can occur through consuming raw shellfish or exposure of open wounds to contaminated water. Planning to take a family vacation to Florida before the start of school in the fall? You should ...

Ohioans planning on a Florida vacation before the start of school should be aware of a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria reported ...

A rare flesh-eating bacteria lurking in warm coastal waters has claimed lives in Florida, raising urgent health concerns.

The State Department of Health has released a statement regarding cases in the panhandle of flesh-eating bacteria.

Health authorities in Poland have confirmed a rare case of cholera in an elderly woman from Stargard. She had not been abroad ...

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and ...

Findings from three seafood monitoring programs in Norway have revealed some non-compliances but an overall positive picture.

At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and contaminated raw seafood across the ...

Polish authorities are investigating the source of a suspected cholera infection in an elderly woman from Stargard, who is currently being treated in an infectious diseases ward in Szczecin, in ...

Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.

Flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, thrives in warm, salty, or brackish waters, especially during summer and after storms. It enters through cuts and wounds, causing rapid infections. Coastal ...

The '80s were a time of unique food products and diet trends, but these eyebrow-raising food safety issues just weren't top ...