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People on alert: Outer Banks crews adapt as 'flesh-eating' bacteria risk grows
North Carolina is seeing an increase in Vibrio infections, with 59 cases and one death reported through July 31.
Flesh-eating bacteria cases rare but rising: What you need to know heading to NC's coast
A serious bacterial infection has put a North Carolina man in an Outer Banks ICU, highlighting a growing concern over the ...
Public Radio East6d
Man hospitalized in OBX with flesh eating bacteria infection; vibrio can be found in warm coastal waters
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Vibrio are bacteria that naturally live in certain coastal waters, and ...
1 in 5 die after rare ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria strikes US coasts; Know the symptoms and how to stay safe
A surge of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is impacting US coasts, leading to multiple deaths and infections. The ...
Daily Jang5d
High alert in Outer Banks: 'flesh-eating' Vibrio cases surge in North Carolina
The Outer Banks of North Carolina is the hardest-hit area of flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus. The city has reported ...
'Not normal:' Deaths from flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise in parts of the U.S.
Deaths from “flesh-eating” bacteria are on the rise across the southeastern coasts of the U.S. At least five people in ...
Fisherman fighting flesh-eating bacteria infection as cases climb across the Southeast
A man has spent more than a week in a hospital on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after a small cut on his leg led to a ...
The Outer Banks Voice5d
Dare County reports two cases of Vibrio infection, issues guidance on water-related illnesses
Outer Banks Voice In the wake of a WRAL report that a man has been hospitalized on the Outer Banks as the result of a Vibrio vulnificus infection, the Dare County Department ...
‘Flesh-eating’ bacteria sends Outer Banks man to ICU
OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - A man has spent more than a week in an Outer Banks hospital after a small cut on his leg turned ...
Island Free Press5d
Two cases of Vibrio infection contracted from Croatan Sound; Health officials offer advice on avoiding water-related illnesses
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Dare County health officials have issued a statement reminding the public on how to avoid ...
State health experts speak out about flesh-eating bacteria found along coast
According to the CDC, about one in five people infected die and the bacteria are more active this summer possibly linked to ...
Cases of Vibrio Vulnificus, 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria, Are Rising in Several States. Know These Signs
Eight people have died in the U.S. this year in Florida and Louisiana from infections with Vibrio vulnificus, a "flesh-eating ...