You probably think “antibiotic resistance” means that a bacterial infection can’t be cured by any antibiotics. But the FDA ...

MICHAEL SMITH: Flesh eating, bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico? Well, it's technically not flesh, eating, and thankfully, rare. But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease ... destroying disease. The bacteria become life-threatening ...

However, if the bacteria enters the body through a wound, it can cause the much deadlier fulminant STSS. The "flesh-eating bacterium" can infect patients through wounds on the hands and feet ...

Maura Santos said she was poked in the left hand on Nov. 21 at Olive Supermarket while grabbing tilapia from an ice display ...

Health authorities are calling on travelers not to cancel trips to Japan despite an outbreak of a rare but potentially fatal “flesh-eating disease.” Although cases of streptococcal toxic ...