The bacteria thrives as coastal waters warm.

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria nicknamed "flesh-eating," has been found in coastal North Carolina and Florida. The bacteria can be contracted by eating undercooked shellfish or through an open wound ...

Climate change is fueling an increasing number of marine heat waves across the globe. When this intensifying heat is coupled with pollution — especially sewage, nitrogen fertilizer agricultural runoff ...

In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection. Reading time 3 minutes A case report out this week illustrates the gnarly damage ...

Vibrio is more prevalent in the summers because the bacteria thrive in higher water temperatures.