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People on alert: Outer Banks crews adapt as 'flesh-eating' bacteria risk grows
North Carolina is seeing an increase in Vibrio infections, with 59 cases and one death reported through July 31.
Flesh-eating bacteria cases rare but rising: What you need to know heading to NC's coast
A serious bacterial infection has put a North Carolina man in an Outer Banks ICU, highlighting a growing concern over the ...
Deaths from flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. Who is at risk?
Infections with Vibrio vulnificus are still rare but "this is certainly not normal," an expert in water diseases at the ...
Daily Jang5d
High alert in Outer Banks: 'flesh-eating' Vibrio cases surge in North Carolina
The Outer Banks of North Carolina is the hardest-hit area of flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus. The city has reported ...
1 in 5 die after rare ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria strikes US coasts; Know the symptoms and how to stay safe
A surge of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is impacting US coasts, leading to multiple deaths and infections. The ...
The Outer Banks Voice5d
Dare County reports two cases of Vibrio infection, issues guidance on water-related illnesses
Outer Banks Voice In the wake of a WRAL report that a man has been hospitalized on the Outer Banks as the result of a Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Dare County Department ...
Fisherman fighting flesh-eating bacteria infection as cases climb across the Southeast
A man has spent more than a week in a hospital on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after a small cut on his leg led to a ...
‘Flesh-eating’ bacteria sends Outer Banks man to ICU
OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - A man has spent more than a week in an Outer Banks hospital after a small cut on his leg turned ...
Island Free Press5d
Two cases of Vibrio infection contracted from Croatan Sound; Health officials offer advice on avoiding water-related illnesses
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Dare County health officials have issued a statement reminding the public on how to avoid ...
Public Radio East6d
Man hospitalized in OBX with flesh eating bacteria infection; vibrio can be found in warm coastal waters
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, and ...
Flesh-eating bacteria cases surge in Southeast, North Carolina reports 59 infections
Cases of flesh-eating bacteria infections are rising across the Southeast, with North Carolina reporting 59 Vibrio infections ...
‘Something is off this year’: Experts are stumped at the sudden spike in flesh-eating bacteria deaths
Jutla also explained that Vibrio vulnificus infections often rise following hurricanes, which stir up bacteria in floodwaters ...