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 ...
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A bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis — in which the infected flesh dies — keeps sickening people, especially in Florida and Louisiana. The Tallahassee Democrat, part of the USA TODAY ...
Consuming raw oysters resulted in two deaths. The oysters contained Vibrio vulnificus. This bacteria is dangerous. It thrives in warm coastal waters. Louisiana and Florida received the contaminated ...
Two restaurant-goers have died as a result of eating raw Louisiana oysters contaminated with Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium. The cases occurred in two different states, Louisiana and ...
A Pensacola woman believes she contracted the flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, after swimming in Santa Rosa Sound with a small cut on her leg. Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters and are ...
Two people have died after eating oysters contaminated with flesh-eating bacteria, health officials confirmed, and others have been infected. Both of the fatal cases were traced to Louisiana-harvested ...