Warmer seas are bringing a little-known but potentially dangerous bacterium closer to European beaches, and authorities are paying attention. Now that summer has officially begun, millions of tourists ...
(NEXSTAR) – After decades of eradication, the New World screwworm is back in the United States. Cases of the flesh-eating parasite have been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, and officials fear its ...
Gordon Wood was a towering scholar in every way. He was the best historian of the American Revolution and of the writing of the Constitution and, in general, of the period from 1760 to 1826, of all ...
The United States spent more than half a century and hundreds of millions of dollars driving the flesh-eating New World screwworm as far from its borders as possible. Now, it’s back. The species can ...
North Carolina recorded more than 100 cases of Vibrio bacteria in 2025, including one death. The bacteria, found in salt and brackish water, can cause flesh-eating infections and thrives as coastal ...
(NEXSTAR) – Vibriosis, an infection caused by a dozen types of vibrio bacteria that affects approximately 80,000 people per year, is expected to rise in the coming months. Vibrio bacteria live in ...
“Fake news!” one Southampton resident swiftly replies when I send him one of many recent stories about the rise of flesh-eating bacteria in the local waters of the Hamptons. The headlines have been ...
Alexis Manenti ('Les Misérables') headlines the first feature from French director Pierre Le Gall, which premiered as a special screening in Cannes’ Critics’ Week. By Jordan Mintzer In an odd ...
A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Just three days earlier, the man was otherwise healthy ...
In a new case report, doctors detail how a 74-year-old man lost most of his right leg to a Vibrio vulnificus infection. Reading time 3 minutes A case report out this week illustrates the gnarly damage ...
A deadly flesh-eating bacteria has been found in New York waters, according to researchers. The New York Post reports Stony Brook University professor Dr. Christopher Gobler, an ecologist within the ...
Vicious flesh-eating bacteria may be lurking in bodies of water across Long Island, as researchers warned that victims face a 20% chance of dying within 48 hours. Stony Brook University professor Dr.