Residents in Lee County are on alert after the first confirmed case of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh eating bacteria, was reported this summer. Health officials across Florida are urging caution as infections linked to this dangerous bacterium have been surfacing along coastal regions statewide, with 11 confirmed cases and four deaths already this year. Flesh … Continue reading Lee County’s First Vibrio vulnificus Case Highlights Serious Health Risks from Flesh Eating Bacteria