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In recent months, infections with a flesh-eating bacteria have made headlines and spooked raw-oyster lovers around the United States.

A flesh-eating bacterium has come for East Coast beaches—and it can kill you in two days. The CDC has officially issued an emergency health alert.

Six people have died from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus on the East Coast and Midwest in the past 3 months. CDC has advised clinicians to be aware.

CDC issues health advisory warning clinicians to look out for Vibrio vulnificus, a sometimes deadly flesh-eating bacteria.

The CDC issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus.

Connecticut's health department says two residents have died this summer from infections linked to bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater.

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

At least three people have died in Connecticut and New York after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be found in warm, brackish waters or raw shellfish, officials confirmed Wednesday.

The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria was identified in a Suffolk County, Long Island resident who died recently, Hochul said.

Experts explain the deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria and what you can do to prevent illness from raw shellfish and seawater.