Just as Australia lifts its biosecurity ban on US beef, including cattle raised in Mexico and Canada but slaughtered in the ...

Thirteen people have been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "fleshing-eating" bacteria, according to a report.

While Vibrio vulnificus thrives in brackish water, freshwater presents a different but equally rare threat: Naegleria fowleri ...

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller testified before the House Agriculture and Livestock Committee, explaining that the New ...

Stories of brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria are frightening. Here's what swimmers in North Carolina should know about the risk.

In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly's rapid spread appears to have caught ...

The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, is commonly found in Gulf Coast waters, and recent cases have been reported in ...

A University of Florida infectious disease expert is urging caution after four people died from a dangerous flesh-eating bacterium found in warm Florida waters, including two deaths reported in St.

The Texas Department of Agriculture is spearheading an effort to prevent the spread of the “new world screwworm,” ...

The bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, most often causes infection through open wounds and the consumption of undercooked or raw seafood.

This rib bone discovered in a cave in the Spanish Pyrenees tells a story of Bronze Age violence. But who fired the shot?