A Pensacola woman nearly lost her life and her leg to the flesh-eating bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus, or vibrio, after swimming with her daughter in Santa Rosa Sound off Pensacola Beach on July ...

Floridians are at an increased risk of "life-threatening" bacterial infections in the wake of Hurricane Milton, state health officials have warned. Residents have been urged to avoid floodwaters as ...

A dangerous, salt-obsessed bacterium is wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast. Several dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus and nine deaths have been reported so far this year across Florida, Louisiana, ...