And there is a little bit of truth to that. Oysters can carry a scary flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulnificus. You can get it from oysters or from swimming in warm brackish water.

Vibrio vulnificus is typically found in the warm waters of the Gulf Coast, as it lives in temperatures above 55 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a study by New Jersey researchers published Tuesday ...

After deploying life-saving cholera-prediction systems in Africa and Asia, a University of Florida researcher is turning his ...

Although Vibrio cholerae is the clan's most infamous species, at times, Vibrio vulnificus emerges as another terrifying foe. Picture this scene from the 1990s: a Hispanic-American family enjoying ...

The St. Louis County Department of Public Health announced that the man died from bacteria Vibrio vulnificus after eating raw oysters from a local seafood stand Getty A Missouri man has died after ...

Vibrio are a group of marine bacteria that thrive in warm, brackish waters—where fresh water mixes with seawater—like the estuaries on the coast of Florida. While most species are harmless to humans, ...

The back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton hurricanes have helped reach another terrible milestone: there have now been ...

But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill someone within 48 hours. It lives in warm sea water. It can get into the body through, an open wound, even a tiny one like an ...

vulnificus was the perp that caused the profound ... applies to viruses concentrated in tasty molluscan shellfish. Unlike Vibrio bacilli, which naturally inhabit seawater, norovirus and hepatitis ...