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Warning as 'Flesh Eating Bacteria' Cases Rise Leaving 1 in 5 Dead
GULF COAST, UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – At least eight deaths and over 55 cases reported in 11 states, with Louisiana seeing hospitalizations triple the usual number, health officials say.
- Amid warmer coastal waters, eight deaths have occurred this year along the Gulf Coast from Vibrio vulnificus, a 'flesh-eating' bacteria thriving in warm waters.
- During the May to October peak season, health officials cite climate change as intensifying bacterial growth, with cases expected to increase as the season progresses.
- So far in 2025, the Louisiana Department of Health reported 17 hospitalizations and four deaths from Vibrio vulnificus, prompting an alert.
- The Louisiana Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions, as `About one in five people with this infection dies, sometimes within a day or two of becoming ill`.
- The CDC said the geographic range of Vibrio infections is expanding north by about 48 kilometers per year, with cases becoming more frequent farther north along the East Coast.
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