HORMONE LEVELS. SOMETHING TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT. THIS WEEK, THE STATE ISSUED AN ALERT ABOUT A RARE BACTERIA THAT CAN CAUSE WHAT IS KNOWN AS FLESH EATING DISEASE. AFTER A SWIMMER IN FALMOUTH WAS ...

The bacteria thrives as coastal waters warm.

Cape Cod health officials say a person who swam at Old Silver Beach in Falmouth has contracted a rare but potentially life-threatening infection from bacteria that can cause a "flesh-eating" illness.

In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health declined to say how the case was contracted, but she said the “individual did survive.” ...

Luke Abrahams died on Jan. 23, 2023, just days after medics said he didn't need to be taken to the hospital An amateur soccer player from England died from sepsis and a flesh-eating disease in January ...

A superfit amateur footballer died from a flesh-eating virus after doctors dismissed his symptoms as tonsillitis and sciatica, an inquest heard. Luke Abrahams, 20, passed away from sepsis and ...

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 ...

North Carolina saw more than 100 cases of a sometimes flesh-eating bacteria in 2025. Vibrio, a bacteria found in salt and ...

A superfit amateur footballer died from a flesh-eating virus after doctors dismissed his symptoms as tonsillitis and sciatica, an inquest heard. Luke Abrahams, 20, passed away from sepsis and ...