In research in mice, the researchers found that Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacteria that causes the disease, releases a toxin that specifically stimulates pain in the nerves arou ...

A rare species of so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater has been linked to five deaths in Florida this year, state health officials said. Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous ...

From California to Texas and across the country to Florida, a dangerous and potentially deadly infection has seemingly dominated the news this summer: necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to ...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re likely aware of the flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis, that has impacted or taken the lives of a number of people who have visited warm-water ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A man contracted a life-threatening, flesh-eating infection after ...

New fear unlocked! A nasty bacteria is on the rise, just in time for beach season.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lot of creatures in the water are giving people a scare lately, one of them high levels of bacteria. The term "flesh-eating bacteria" and "flesh-eating disease" refer to several ...

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

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Georgia man became infected with flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in the waters off Panama City Beach, northwest ...

Colleen Sosinski, 50, had a flesh-eating infection called necrotizing fasciitis nearly a year ago. NF affects 700 to 1200 people a year and can cause someone to lose a limb or die. Over the course of ...