A Scots mum who beat a flesh-eating bug believes she has been given a “second chance at life" after becoming a nurse.

A SCOTTISH mum has been given a new chance at life after a battle with a flesh eating disease. Ashley Sneddon, 32, fell ill ...

A health alert has been issued after Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, was detected in coastal waters.

New Yorkers who have traveled to South America, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic may have visited areas where a parasite could cause a New World screwworm infestation, according to health ...

For the second time in a week a new case of Vibrio vulnificus, a horrifying infection also called "flesh-eating" bacteria, ...

Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called 'flesh-eating bacteria,' hits another Florida county, but it's also found in NC. Here's what ...

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A Holland resident is speaking out after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but often fatal bacterial infection she ...

Florida has reported 29 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, also known as "flesh-eating" bacteria, so far this year. The bacterial ...

An 88-year-old man is recovering after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in Collier County. The man, Albert Allison, is unsure how he was infected as he was fishing from a dock ...

The New World screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite that lays eggs in open wounds. It can be devastating to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/TNS) ...