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Four people in Florida have died and seven others have been sickened this year by a rare but potentially deadly bacterial ...
In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...
Four deaths and 11 cases have been reported statewide this year, according to the Florida Department of Health.
At least four people have died and nearly a dozen others have gotten sick from a flesh-eating bacteria found in the water and ...
Florida health officials confirmed that four people have died from Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria ...
Four people have died from a flesh-eating bacteria in Florida waters, according to the state’s health department. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that normally lives in warm, brackish seawater and is ...
The deadly cases were seen in counties spread around Florida’s extensive coastline. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus thrives in ...
Florida officials warn about Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in warm water that has caused four deaths this ...
The rare microbial menace can be contracted by swimming in coastal water or eating raw shellfish, and Florida saw a severe ...
The Florida Department of Health said a rare flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, killed four people so far in 2025.
Eleven people in Florida, including one in Manatee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...
Infections that enter the bloodstream are fatal about 50 percent of the time. Some who contract the infection die within days.