Bryson Crenshaw, 4, said his knee hurt. His parents thought he injured it playing. They learned he had a shocking diagnosis of flesh-eating bacteria. In December, the Crenshaw family came down with ...

Emma Doherty has been left permanently disfigured after contracting a rare "fleshing-eating disease" called necrotizing fasciitis. But she's extremely lucky to be alive. In February 2021, Doherty ...

Both humans and animals carry a variety of bacteria within our bodies. This bacteria can be spread to others through bodily fluids like saliva or mucus. Many of these bacteria are harmless, but some ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just ...

Though warmer temperatures bring excitement for more water activities, they also can bring worries about safety surrounding those activities. An infectious diseases expert at Baylor College 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 ...

Derek Michael D’Arcy died less than two weeks after he was exposed to Vibrio vulnificus though a cut on his leg ...