flesh eating bacteria

Five people have died after coming into contact with flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana waters this summer, and health officials say the risk is far from over.

Eleven cases in Florida, a hospitalization in Mississippi, and now Louisiana health officials are posting advisories at twelve local beaches. That's a lot of warnings in a short stretch of time.

A Gulf Coast fisherman never even went in the water — and still ended up in the hospital fighting a flesh-eating bacteria infection after a day of fishing off Cat Island.

The Louisiana Department of Health has posted new advisories for our state's beaches and waterways. Doctors say there has been an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria cases across the state.

Warm ocean waves and bright summer sun might make the beach look inviting but it's what you can't see that has health department officials concerned.

Flesh-eating bacteria is showing up in Louisiana waters about six weeks earlier than normal this year.

A vacation trip to Destin turns into a major medical nightmare for a family on vacation there.

The story broke today from CBS Houston. The flesh-eating bacteria that infected a fisherman through an open wound (and three others)  is known as Vibrio vulnificus, according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. All were infected off the Louisiana Coast.