Eric Shamas News Today

The opioid crisis continues to have a tight grip on the country. Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from overdoses, but a new program in Pinellas County hopes to curb those numbers by getting patients help as soon as they come in.

Pinellas County has launched a program with Bayfront Health that aims to address the impact of the opioid crisis.

A Texas man in his 30s has died of a bacterial infection caused by Vibrio vulnificus after eating unsafe oysters earlier this month. With a mortality rate of 33%, this bacterium is particularly deadly for those with underlying health conditions including “liver disease, immunosuppression or diabetes,” per a Galveston County health report. The man contracted Vibrio after eating raw oysters in a restaurant in Galveston, Texas.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria has killed at least five people in Florida this year, as well as three in Connecticut and New York.

This year, there have been 25 reported cases and five deaths since January 2023.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria has been confirmed to have killed five people in the United States, with officials reporting 25 cases of infection.

The "flesh-eating bacteria" Vibrio vulnificus has infected at least 26 people in Florida so far this year and killed five of them, officials say. The victims were mostly...

Five people are confirmed dead in the Tampa Bay area due to a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in the waters.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria has killed at least five people in Florida this year, as well as three in Connecticut and New York.

A Florida babysitter has been arrested after deputies say she left a 10-month-old baby girl in a hot car where she died.