Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said. The deaths were due to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is naturally occurring in warm coastal waters and more common between May and October. Vibrio bacteria can lead to illness when an open wound is exposed to coastal waters or …
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Two more dead after Louisiana oysters linked to flesh-eating bacteria wwltv.com Contaminated oysters spread fatal flesh-eating bacteria in two states Fox News 2 Dead After Eating Oysters Tainted with Flesh-Eating Bacteria amid Record Number of Infections People.com Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising. Climate change is to blame, say scientists CNN Two new deaths from flesh-eating bacteria linked to eating Louisiana oysters Louisiana Illuminator Source link
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NEW ORLEANS — Two people have died after eating Louisiana oysters infected with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, officials confirmed to WBRZ. A state health official said that the two deaths happened after people ate oysters harvested in Louisiana at two separate restaurants — one in Louisiana and another in Florida. Jennifer Armentor, molluscan shellfish program administrator from the Louisiana Department of …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had done thousands of times before. This time, he noticed a tiny scratch on his leg – a scratch that nearly cost him his …
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A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday. The person has recovered, and …
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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — According to the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), five people have died in Florida this year after contracting the flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus. The latest case in our viewing area is in Martin County, and was reported on Aug. 7. The Martin County Health Department tells WPTV it was contracted through surface, brackish water. …
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NEW YORK (AP) — A person who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday, but did …
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A surge in infections from the rare and deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has claimed five lives in Florida this year, as cases have soared to 20 in just a matter of weeks, with one now in Martin County, as confirmed by the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). FDOH reported that, so far in …
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sunday reported the first human case in the US of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country. The case, investigated by the Maryland department of health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was confirmed by the CDC as New World screwworm on …
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The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite new world screwworm has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services said early Monday. The case, related to a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador, was confirmed to be screwworm by the CDC on Aug. 4, HHS spokesman Andrew G. Nixon confirmed to Reuters, …
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