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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) is reporting that four people in Florida have died from a flesh eating so far in 2025. Naturally found in warm brackish seawater, Vibrio vulnificus are a bacterium a part of a group of vibrio’s called “halophilic” (salt-loving), according to the FDOH. There have currently been 11 cases reported and …

HILLSBOROUGH CO., Fla. — The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) announced that one person in Hillsborough County has died from a flesh-eating bacteria called “Vibrio vulnificus.” FDOH reported there have been 11 confirmed cases in Florida this year, and four people have died so far. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium normally lives in warm seawater, and infections are rare, according …