Massachusetts Health Officials Issue Warning on ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria

Massachusetts Health Officials Issue Warning on ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria

Health officials in Massachusetts have warned about a potentially deadly type of flesh-eating bacteria in the state’s coastal waters after a person was infected. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Aug. 13 said “an extremely rare case” of Vibrio vulnificus had been reported in the state, noting that the individual who was infected was likely exposed to the bacteria while at the beach in Buzzards Bay, near Cape Cod. “Vibrio bacteria …

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases On the Rise: Here Are The Symptoms

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Flesh-eating bacteria now in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

We recently reported on the Louisiana Department of Health's warning about Vibrio vulnificus, the flesh-eating bacteria that Boing Boing's Séamus Bellamy so beautifully describes as "living its best life in the waters slopping up against the beaches of America's east coast." — Read the rest The post Flesh-eating bacteria now in Cape Cod, Massachusetts appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A “flesh-eating bacteria” called Vibrio vulnificus has been making headlines