As of Sunday, Oct. 20, there have been 74 cases of Vibrio vulnificus so far in 2024, according to data from the Florida Department of Health, tying the number of cases in 2022 when Hurricane Ian ...
Billy LeBlanc, 44, and his girlfriend, Natalie Clark, 41, were infected with Vibrio Vulnificus after eating raw oysters in July, and he woke up from a coma to the news that she didn't survive.
The back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton hurricanes have helped reach another terrible milestone: there have now been more reported cases of the flesh-eating bacteria in Florida this year ...