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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 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 ...

Many people enjoy raw oysters, but this seafood can potentially carry dangerous germs like Vibrio bacteria. © biggereye via Shutterstock “Flesh-eating” bacteria ...

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 ...

A man who suffered a bite from his dog contracted the life-threatening infection sepsis and has been left permanently disfigured. The man, from Australia, was asleep in his bed when his dog laid down ...

Another person is hospitalized in Bay County because of a "flesh-eating" bacteria. This brings the number of cases of those infected this year up to three in Bay County, with two deaths. Statewide, ...

Two more people have died of vibriosis, the infection caused by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, as cases skyrocket in Louisiana This year in Louisiana, six people have died and 34 have been infected ...

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...

Four more cases of Vibrio vulnificus infection have been reported in Florida, the state Department of Health said. Five people have died from the infection in Florida so far this year. Lousiana has ...

Ravinder Kaur Sidhu died days after giving birth — now her husband Gurinder Sidhu is trying to change hospital policy to help identify cases of sepsis more quickly Change.org A mom died of sepsis four ...

The Florida Department of Health reported one new Vibrio vulnificus, commonly referred to as "flesh-eating" bacteria, in Escambia County, bringing the total cases up to three. Another new case was ...