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A Florida man died of flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters - here's how concerned you should be
When treatment is possible, understanding that flesh-eating disease has been caused by Vibrio is im…
Kevin Loria
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A woman reportedly died of flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters - here's how concerned you should be
When treatment is possible, understanding that flesh-eating disease has been caused by Vibrio is im…
Kevin Loria
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Artificial Intelligence can help better prediction of cholera outbreaks in coastal regions of India, reveals new study
Cholera is a waterborne disease caused by the intake of water or food contaminated with the…
PTI
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Florida's floodwater is full of poop bacteria - but a marine biologist says there's a bigger threat
"For Vibrio, open wounds and scrapes are a major concern. If people with those are exposed to flood…
Erin Brodwin
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Why do we eat oysters alive?
So yeah, freshly killed oysters taste better. And it's hard to tell exactly when an oyster dies, be…
David Anderson
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A woman in Texas has died after 'flesh-eating bacteria' in Harvey's floodwaters seeped into a wound
Now, their words of warning perhaps ring more strongly: Earlier this week, a woman in Texas died fr…
Erin Brodwin
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A woman died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw oysters - here's why a food poisoning expert avoids the food
The CDC estimates that vibriosis causes 80,000 illnesses each year in the US, most caused by consum…
Kate Taylor
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These are the causes and symptoms of every common type of food poisoning
Just this week, a Chipotle in Ohio temporarily closed down because more than 400 people said they g…
Skye Gould,Kevin Loria
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Why do we boil lobsters alive?
Humans were boiling lobsters alive thousands of years ago. The first recorded case came from recipe…
Nathaniel Lee,Abby Tang
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From showers to hot tubs - here's how to have the best water sex
Sex in the water can be safe and fun, but you should take precautions to avoid infections, uncomfor…
Ashley Laderer
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A Man Died From A Flesh-Eating Bacteria Off Louisiana's Gulf Coast
Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm seawater and becomes a greater risk during the summer as more peo…
Dina Spector
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An Arizona woman diagnosed with the flu was actually infected with life-threatening flesh-eating bacteria
Necrotizing fasciitis is uncommon. One estimate says there are between 600 and 1200 cases from the …
Kevin Loria
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A young boy in Oregon died from flesh-eating bacteria after crashing his bike - here's what to look out for
But several days later, when Flanagan was complaining of worsening pain, his parents looked at his …
Kevin Loria
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A 'blister' on a Houston day-care teacher's foot turned out to be flesh-eating disease- here's what to know about the condition
People are more susceptible to necrotizing fasciitis if they have a condition or illness that weake…
Kevin Loria
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West Nile virus infections could become twice as common in the US within 30 years. Here's why disease-carrying insects are spreading.
In addition to nationwide trends in infectious disease transmission, the report looks at some speci…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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There's a more disturbing aspect to Chipotle's E. coli outbreak
Salmonella infections - which commonly results from eating infected eggs, poultry, meat or other fo…
Tanya Lewis
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'An exciting and unexpected discovery' shows that superbugs are even deadlier than we thought
To understand how mutations in many different genes affect the "fitness," or ability to survive in …
Julia Calderone
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7 famous people who should have been cryogenically frozen when they died
America's 20th president didn't even hold the office a full year before he was assassinated in 1881…
Ellie Kincaid
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There's A 'Public Health Emergency' That Is Way More Threatening Than Ebola, And No One's Addressing It
Vibrio cholerae, the comma-shaped bacteria responsible for cholera, prefers to nest in warm, coasta…
Erin Brodwin
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5 Surprising Ways Climate Change Can Kill You
Because cases of mental illness and suicidal behavior increased in general in the years after the r…