In December, the Crenshaw family came down with the flu. When then 3-year-old Bryson started feeling ill, mom Megan Crenshaw thought he had a bug and gave him some Tylenol. Then Bryson complained of ...

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 ...

From California to Texas and across the country to Florida, a dangerous and potentially deadly infection has seemingly dominated the news this summer: necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to ...

KELLY Simmons was left wheelchair-bound for nine years after a flesh-eating bug infected her C-section scar, as a result of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cases of so-called flesh-eating disease have been making headlines all over the country in recent years. But how much do you really know about the mysterious condition? 1. According to ...

A man who contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection in his right leg found that the infection had spread to his left one as well, a mere four days later. The 58-year-old man reported to the ...

Georgie Henley recently spoke out about the scars she has from a brush with necrotizing fasciitis. The "flesh-eating" infection is known to spread quickly and can result in amputation or death. Early ...

A college student with a bruise on his leg got sick during a wrestling tournament. The bruise turned out to be a rare "flesh-eating" infection. Bacteria may have entered his body from a wrestling mat ...

Mike O’Grady’s lower back was hurting so he went to his doctor to get a steroid shot. A few days later, the 68-year-old Florida grandfather went on vacation with his wife, Kelli, in the Panhandle. The ...

Georgie Henley, who portrayed Lucy in The Chronicles of Narnia films, opened up about contracting necrotizing fasciitis when she was 18 Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team.