Flesh-eating Bacteria

• ‘Flesh-eating bacteria’ disease spreads in Japan, killing some in 2 days

  Close to 1,000 cases of Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, or STSS, have been reported in Japan in 2024, and doctors warn symptoms can be fatal within 48 hours.

  Health

  Jun 17, 2024
  
• Rare, flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in U.S. waters. Will it reach Canada?

  A rare and fatal flesh-eating bacteria is slowly creeping up the eastern U.S. coast, and experts warn that it could eventually find its way into Canada.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2023
  
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• Meet Sophie, a ‘hero’ dog who helped save her Montreal owner from flesh-eating disease

  Andrew Lee, 55, thought his dog woke him up to go outside in the middle of the night — but she alerted him to a life-threatening condition.

  Features

  Mar 2, 2022
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• Woman dies from flesh-eating bacteria after cutting leg at Florida beach

  With recent cases of flesh-eating bacteria emerging in the U.S., here's what beachgoers should remember about open wounds.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 2, 2019
• Man loses arm after eating raw seafood contaminated with flesh-eating bacteria

  A Korean man had to have his arm amputated after he ate a meal of raw seafood.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2018
• Boy, 8, dies from flesh-eating bacteria infection days after falling off bike

  Liam Flanagan, 8, suffered a minor injury when he fell off his bicycle earlier this month in Oregon. But days later, he was fighting for his life.

  World

  Jan 26, 2018
• Hurricane Harvey: Woman dies of flesh-eating bacterial infection from floodwaters

  A Houston-area woman has died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection she contracted from Hurricane Harvey floodwaters.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2017
• Surprising ways (like flesh-eating bacteria) you can get hurt doing a mud run

  There are plenty of ways to get injured while racing through mounds of mud and plunging into pools of ice water. Here's a few of them.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2015
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• Why Florida officials are warning of deadly bacteria (that isn’t flesh-eating)

  Health officials are warning beachgoers about Vibrio Vulnificus, but they’re also trying to dispel rumours that the nasty bacteria is “flesh-eating.”

  Health

  Jun 15, 2015