flesh eating bacteria

Five people have died after coming into contact with flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana waters this summer, and health officials say the risk is far from over.

Eleven cases in Florida, a hospitalization in Mississippi, and now Louisiana health officials are posting advisories at twelve local beaches. That's a lot of warnings in a short stretch of time.

A Gulf Coast fisherman never even went in the water — and still ended up in the hospital fighting a flesh-eating bacteria infection after a day of fishing off Cat Island.

The Louisiana Department of Health has posted new advisories for our state's beaches and waterways. Doctors say there has been an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria cases across the state.

Warm ocean waves and bright summer sun might make the beach look inviting but it's what you can't see that has health department officials concerned.

Fishermen and boaters in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast are being advised to exercise extreme caution after reports of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria was found lurking in the waters.

Flesh-eating bacteria is showing up in Louisiana waters about six weeks earlier than normal this year.

A vacation trip to Destin turns into a major medical nightmare for a family on vacation there.

Texas woman Jeannette Leblanc was visiting Louisiana back in September when she contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria. After three months fighting the bacteria in a Baton Rouge hospital, Leblanc passed away mid October. Doctors say there are two possibilities regarding how she contracted the bacteria.

Almost two months after making landfall Hurricane Harvey has claimed another life in a most unusual way.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie but it's a very real threat for beachgoers along the Gulf Coast.