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Two more people dead after eating Louisiana oysters infected with flesh-eating bacteria

Two more people dead after eating Louisiana oysters infected with flesh-eating bacteria

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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