Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A grouping of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria is revealed in a 13,184x magnified scanning electron microscopic image from 2005.

Vibrio vulnificus is a rare but dangerous bacteria found in brackish waters and undercooked seafood that can cause flesh-eating infections. A Florida Gulf Coast University professor is studying if ...

Two new vibrio deaths tied to Louisiana oysters State total rises to six fatalities this year Vibrio infections spiking above average annual rates Most cases linked to open wounds in brackish waters A ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina -- A man is dead after contracting a harmful bacteria from eating oysters on the North Carolina coast, according to family friends. They say David Argay contracted vibrio in ...

Two more people in Louisiana have died after eating oysters tainted with the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus. The two fatalities bring the total number of people who have died so far this ...

Concerns around Gulf oysters are growing following a major outbreak of Vibrio vulnificus, sometimes described as "flesh-eating bacteria," in the state of Louisiana. Pretty much any time of the year on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the second time in a week a new case of Vibrio vulnificus, a horrifying infection also called "flesh-eating" bacteria, has ...

This electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in 2005. Janice Haney Carr / AP NEW YORK — States are warning beachgoers ...