The North Wales community is rallying around Peter Atkinson and his family as he recovers from necrotizing fasciitis, which ...

In December, the Crenshaw family came down with the flu. When then 3-year-old Bryson started feeling ill, mom Megan Crenshaw thought he had a bug and gave him some Tylenol. Then Bryson complained of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Pennsylvania man is hospitalized and fighting for his life after contracting flesh-eating bacteria. Peter Atkinson — a ...

A former cross-country runner was left without a leg after developing this flesh-eating disease. Emma Doherty, 37, fell ill in February 2021 with sepsis — which later turned into necrotizing fasciitis ...

A college student with a bruise on his leg got sick during a wrestling tournament. The bruise turned out to be a rare "flesh-eating" infection. Bacteria may have entered his body from a wrestling mat ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A 39-year-old Logan Heights mother is now home after a harrowing battle with necrotizing fasciitis that led to multiple amputations. Arisbeth Munoz's ordeal began in late December ...

Multiple kinds of bacteria can cause this dangerous condition. — -- A potentially deadly bacteria made headlines again this week after a Florida man reportedly died from an infection related to ...