Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing – and potentially fatal – ...

Aimee Copeland, 24, got the infection from a zip line injury. May 9, 2012— -- A Georgia woman is fighting for her life after contracting flesh-eating disease during a zip line accident. Aimee ...

"We want to empower people to do this locally where they live," Aimee Copeland tells PEOPLE Molly Claire Holcombe In the 14 years since Aimee Copeland’s life changed forever after a rare necrotizing ...