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Flesh Eating Bacteria

Galveston County issues Vibrio bacteria warning for beachgoers

  • Aug 2, 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FL seeing increase in flesh-eating bacteria cases due to Hurricane Ian

  • Oct 20, 2022

Study: Kitchen sponges harbor more bacteria than kitchen brushes

  • Jun 10, 2022

Health issues force TX representative to retire from state politics

  • Mar 4, 2022

It's flesh-eating bacteria season in Galveston, expert warns

  • Jul 18, 2021

Conroe man hospitalized with a flesh-eating bacteria infection

  • May 15, 2021

Florida woman dies from flesh-eating bacteria: family

  • Jul 2, 2019

Flesh-eating bacteria infects man off Florida coast

  • Apr 25, 2019

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Galveston County warning beachgoers of flesh-eating bacteria after increase in cases

  • Aug 2, 2024
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Health issues force TX representative to retire from state politics

  • Mar 4, 2022
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Flesh-eating bacteria scare still affecting Conroe man

  • Jul 16, 2021
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Conroe man hospitalized with a flesh-eating bacteria infection at Crystal Beach

  • May 15, 2021
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Grandmother dies from flesh-eating bacteria contracted at Florida beach

  • Jul 2, 2019
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Mom gets license after losing limbs from flesh-eating bacteria

  • Jul 17, 2018
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Woman shares how flesh-eating disease nearly killed her

  • May 4, 2018
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Woman shares how flesh-eating disease nearly killed her

  • May 4, 2018

Latest Stories

DEFYING THE ODDS: Quadruple amputee mom earns driver's license

DEFYING THE ODDS: Eight years after losing her arms and legs, a Kingwood mom is getting the chance to get back on the road.

  • Dec 18, 2018

Michigan construction worker discovers he has flesh-eating disease after Rosenberg trip

FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: Josh Munoz says he was visiting his family in Rosenberg when he noticed something strange on his leg.

  • Nov 13, 2018

Brian Bagwell, Montgomery County Sheriff's lieutenant, survives flesh-eating bacteria infection

"Probably the scariest thing I've ever dealt with in my life," Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Bagwell says.

  • Sep 1, 2018

Man contracts flesh-eating bacteria while crabbing in New Jersey

A family says their father is fighting for his life and his limbs. They say he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria while crabbing in New Jersey.

  • Jul 13, 2018
KTRK

Woman shares how flesh-eating disease nearly killed her

What started out as a small wound on her lower back soon put a Houston woman close to death.

  • May 4, 2018