The bacteria thrives as coastal waters warm.

The first victim to die from Vibrio in Mobile County this year had his funeral on Friday. WKRG News 5 exclusively spoke to ...

In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.

Michael 'Moose' Mallinis, 73, developed blisters on his legs after emptying crab traps on Mobile Bay and died two days later ...

Connecticut only sees a handful of cases a year and Connecticut’s Public Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani said “this ...

Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy and active on the coast. But at one point when he jumped into the water, he got a cut on his right leg. It quickly became painful and bruised.

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

A deadly flesh-eating bacteria has been found in New York waters, according to researchers. The New York Post reports Stony Brook University professor Dr. Christopher Gobler, an ecologist within the ...

Scientists say New York's coastal waters are experiencing some of the most severe threats on record, and they're not just environmental.

Warming waters are pushing the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria up the Atlantic coast. Experts explain who's at risk and how worried you really need to be. Reading time 13 minutes Bailey Magers and Sunil ...