North Carolina officials are warning people with cuts or open wounds not to swim in saltwater or brackish water after three people died of an infection in July. The state Department of Health and ...

Following reported deaths caused by water-related infections this summer, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging North Carolinians to be more cautious in the water.

Cases of Vibrio vulnificusa, so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," have more than doubled in Florida following Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. The bacteria thrives in warm brackish water often ...

Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, ...

THE RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY. STATE HEALTH LEADERS HAVE A WARNING FOR ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS GOING INTO SALTWATER OR BRACKISH WATER WITH AN OPEN CUT OR A SCRATCH OR A SCRAPE CAN BE DANGEROUS. IF NOT ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a warning on Friday about severe Vibrio infections after three people were hospitalized and one died. Vibrio ...

Three people in North Carolina have died in the last month due to infections from vibrio, a bacteria that naturally lives in coastal waters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a row, an underwater levee ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a row, ...