Flesh-eating bacteria now in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Aug 16, 2025

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Some delicious raw oysters I ate in West Hollywood, which fortunately did not include Vibrio vulnificus. photo: Jennifer Sandlin Used with permission

We recently reported on the Louisiana Department of Health's warning about Vibrio vulnificus, the flesh-eating bacteria that Boing Boing's Séamus Bellamy so beautifully describes as "living its best life in…

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Jennifer Sandlin