Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...

Three people in North Carolina have died in the last month due to infections from vibrio, a bacteria that naturally lives in coastal waters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ...

The deaths of three people in North Carolina have been attributed to a bacteria called vibrio after the individuals' open cuts or wounds came into contact with saltwater or brackish water. And now, ...

High-protein diets rich in casein and wheat gluten may lower cholera infection risk by suppressing bacterial colonization and ...

There has been an increase in Vibrio outbreaks and presence in seafood has been known to disrupt trade, according to FAO and WHO. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More and more cases of fatal vibriosis are making headlines around the world. Vibrio bacteria, found in fresh and salt waters ...

NEW YORK (AP) — States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Danger Beyond the Beach: Climate change and its toll on health in the Carolinas A microbe so dangerous it can strip the flesh from a person’s arms and legs showed up in the Waccamaw River eight years ...

The world may be an oyster, but you may want to make sure that you cook it first. As the recent death of a 71-year-old man showed, there are real risks of eating raw oysters. Here is a WTSP News ...