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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.
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.
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 ...
The bacteria infect an estimated 80,000 people in the United States every year, killing about 100, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those numbers tend to rise in the ...
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 ...
Five people have died so far this year from flesh-eating bacteria, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus can cause necrotizing fasciitis, an ...