At least two people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria they contracted from eating raw oysters harvested in Louisiana, ...

Summer is wrapping up, temperatures are high, and the beach is still calling. But there are risks from bacteria, parasites ...

A surge in cases of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm seawater is a chilling reminder of the potential ...

Two people recently succumbed to the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus after consuming contaminated oysters in Louisiana, making the death toll rise to 6.

Vibrio vulnificus tends to cause infection in summer months. This year, some states are reporting higher-than-usual numbers.

The brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating-bacteria are known to thrive in warm water environments. The brain-eating amoebas are more commonly found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers, while the ...

Health officials in Martin County have confirmed the area's first case this year of a potentially deadly infection caused by ...

Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19 ...

Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...

Understanding Bacterial Overgrowth and Its Symptoms Bloating is one of the hallmark symptoms of bacterial overgrowth. However, there are specific ways it can be differentiated from other ...

A group of 38 leading experts in fields ranging from synthetic biology to the existence of life beyond Earth has come together to determine the risks posed by “mirror bacteria” – and what ...

Thompson Rivers University microbiology professor Naowarat Cheeptham has made it her mission to debunk the misconception that all bacteria is bad.