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Florida has seen a recent increase in confirmed cases of flesh-eating bacteria following the devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton, according to state health department data.
According to the Florida Department of Public Health, there have been a record 65 infections this year caused by Vibrio vulnificus — a species of bacteria found in warm, brackish water ...
The agency also did not list the causes of the Florida cases. ... Rare flesh-eating bacteria kills 5 in Florida, 3 in New York, Connecticut. A Hurricane Ian-prompted spike.
The number of cases of vibrio vulnificus, a type of bacteria known to increase in concentration during heavy rain or flooding, doubled in Florida following Helene’s landfall on Sept. 26 ...
In the week before Hurricane Ian hit Florida last year, there were no cases of Vibrio infections in the area where the storm made landfall. The week after Ian stormed through, 38 people became ...
The bacteria enter the bloodstream through a cut in the skin, usually on the foot or ankle as people wade through water. Once infected, people "get a little lesion that looks maybe like a spider ...
Florida health officials are warning that the destruction that Hurricane Ian caused has led to a spike in infections caused by potentially fatal "flesh-eating" bacteria in the floodwater. Experts ...
Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. The state Department of Health reports that as of ...