Doctors estimated Brian Roush had a less than 10% chance of survival, but after surgeries and treatment, he is starting his ...

Flesh-eating bacteria entered Brian Roush's body through a scratch on his ankle ...

A Florida man is recovering from a life-threatening case of flesh-eating bacteria after scraping his ankle during a New Year’s celebration in the Bahamas, Today reports. Brian Roush, 62, contracted ...

A California man recently died due to a case of necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria, which he picked up after going into a pond with a wound on his arm. According to NBC affiliate NBC7 San ...

A rare species of so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater has been linked to five deaths in Florida this year, state health officials said. Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lot of creatures in the water are giving people a scare lately, one of them high levels of bacteria. The term "flesh-eating bacteria" and "flesh-eating disease" refer to several ...

From California to Texas and across the country to Florida, a dangerous and potentially deadly infection has seemingly dominated the news this summer: necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to ...

A man died from a bacterial infection he got after chasing his dog into a pond. One in five people who develop necrotizing fasciitis, or 'flesh-eating' disease, die. Necrotizing fasciitis can cause ...

Leanne Passey says her 4-year-old daughter Reign was hospitalized due to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about one-in-five patients A 4-year-old girl was left ...

A man who contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection in his right leg found that the infection had spread to his left one as well, a mere four days later. The 58-year-old man reported to the ...

A Florida father's dream getaway to a popular island destination ended in intensive care after a minor scratch on his ankle ...