Sharks may get all the headlines, but a microscopic bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus is the real hidden danger thriving in warming coastal waters. As families get ready to depart to the beach this ...

Health officials in Florida have confirmed five cases of a rare, flesh-eating bacteria so far in 2026, including one case ...

PILOT ROCK, Oregon -- A mother in Oregon lost her child to a rare flesh-eating bacteria, and now she's fighting to raise awareness in hopes it doesn't happen to anyone else. Sara Hebard's son, Liam, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — One Tampa family is trying to get their loved one back home after he contracted a flesh-eating disease while overseas in the Bahamas. Family members said the 62-year-old almost ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A former San Diego man who nearly lost his foot to flesh-eating disease after a stingray sting at Black's Beach returned Tuesday to the area where he was stung. Richard Woulfe, 62, ...