bacterial

A South Carolina teenager has died just days after catching a rare bacterial infection, prompting doctors to issue a warning over the symptoms. William Hand, 14, tragically succumbed to a rare blood infection known as Meningococcemia on…

Rising numbers of Americans are being infected with a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that lurks in seawater and estuaries, health officials have warned.Vibrio vulnificus, which proliferates in warm temperatures, is infecting twice as many…