Two more cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in Florida according to a Friday FDOH update. Here's what to know.

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...

Florida has reported 30 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year. Five deaths from the infection have been recorded in Florida in 2025. The bacteria is found ...

Cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, are still increasing in the state according to new data released Aug. 21 from the Florida Department of Health. While the number of ...

Three more cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, have been reported in Florida according to new data released Aug. 28 from the Florida Department of Health. Statewide, ...

Three more cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also called "flesh-eating" bacteria, have been reported in Florida according to Health Department data. The new cases were reported in Citrus, Collier and Lee ...

The pain, said Genevieve Gallagher, was "unbelievable." The Florida woman nearly lost her life and her leg to the flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus, or Vibrio, after swimming with her ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. The state Department of Health ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading in Gulf and East Coast waters during peak summer months. Louisiana and Florida have reported multiple deaths, while Massachusetts recently ...

BATON ROGUE, La. (WKRC) - Two people died after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria from consuming raw oysters, joining a growing number of cases from across the country. According to information ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Doctors are issuing a warning about swimming with open wounds after a man in Florida had to have his leg amputated because of a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Zach Mody only had ...

Florida has reported 31 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, or "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year, resulting in five deaths. The bacteria thrives in warm, brackish seawater and can infect humans ...