Florida group home sued after resident allegedly contracts ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria - David Nolan-Hersey, a 34-year-old who ...

A Florida teen nearly died from a flesh-eating bacteria infection contracted through a small scratch while swimming at a ...

A Florida teenager is fighting for his life in the hospital after being exposed to a flesh-eating bacteria while swimming at ...

Joziah Thompson, 17, hospitalized with Vibrio vulnificus after swimming with minor scratch at Niceville park ...

A Florida mother is asking for help after her teenage son's day swimming with his siblings has turned into a "medical nightmare." Tirzah Thompson, the mother of 17-year-old Joziah Thompson, is ...

Tirzah Thompson thought it was great when her children asked to go for a swim at Lion's Park near their Niceville, Florida, home on June 1—until the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus struck her family. With ...

What started as a simple scrape has turned into a medical nightmare for one Florida teen. After swimming at a park in Niceville, Florida, 17-year-old Joziah Thompson got what was initially a minor ...

“Flesh-eating” infections of V. vulnificus can happen when the bacteria enters an open wound, usually by swimming in the warm salt or brackish waters where they naturally reside. People can also ...