Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, has recently made headlines in Florida, but its not the only place it is. It also lives in North Carolina. The newest Florida case was ...

Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but vanishingly rare. That framing is starting to look dangerously outdated. As the ...

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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 ...