The flesh-eating bacteria thrive in warm, brackish waters between May and October, making the Gulf Coast the perfect breeding ground.

TUESDAY, August 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that ...

So far in 2025, the Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed 17 Vibrio vulnificus infections statewide. All required ...

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in ...

Sick sea stars are lethargic, lose their arms and disintegrate into gooey masses. More than 90% of sunflower sea stars were killed.

Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a key part of the environment ...

Has there ever been an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Lower Hudson Valley? What to know after NYC outbreak kills ...

City health officials are sounding the alarm as a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak spreads through Harlem, killing two New Yorkers and sickening at least 58 others. The pneumonia-like illness, first ...

Researchers have unmasked the deadly bacteria responsible for causing sea stars to melt away, killing billions over the past decade population and upending ecological habitats.

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Multidrug-resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists ...