Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oysters are often eaten raw or lightly cooked, which means there isn’t a heating step to kill bacteria. - Ant DM/iStockphoto/Getty ...

Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said. The deaths were due to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a potentially deadly bacteria found in warm coastal waters, after reporting a sharp rise in infections and ...

Another two people are dead and at least 22 more have been hospitalized because of a flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana, state health officials confirmed. The reports involved Vibrio vulnificus ...

A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections likely linked to raw oysters has sickened more than 60 people across 22 states, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health ...

Oysters are often eaten raw or lightly cooked, which means there isn’t a heating step to kill bacteria. - Ant DM/iStockphoto/Getty Images A multistate outbreak of salmonella infections likely linked ...