Following reported deaths caused by water-related infections this summer, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging North Carolinians to be more cautious in the water.

North Carolina officials are warning people with cuts or open wounds not to swim in saltwater or brackish water after three people died of an infection in July. The state Department of Health and ...

Two cases of a rare "flesh-eating" bacterial infection have been reported near Jacksonville in the St. Augustine area, with one resulting in death. Statewide, the infection caused by Vibrio vulnificus ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a warning on Friday about severe Vibrio infections after three people were hospitalized and one died. Vibrio ...

THE RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY. STATE HEALTH LEADERS HAVE A WARNING FOR ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS GOING INTO SALTWATER OR BRACKISH WATER WITH AN OPEN CUT OR A SCRATCH OR A SCRAPE CAN BE DANGEROUS. IF NOT ...

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 ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — In Florida, 11 people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, and four of them have died from it so far in 2025, according to the Florida ...

An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a row, an underwater levee ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An influx of salt ...