Flesh Eating Bacteria News

A North Carolina teenager fighting a rare flesh-eating bacteria is out of the hospital.

A Fayetteville teen will continue his recovery at home from a rare infection caused by a rare flesh eating bacteria.

Having survived a rare infection, Brian McKinney, 14, left the hospital on Thursday a week and a half after a dangerous flesh eating bacterium disfigured his face and nearly took his life.

Another week, another set of Big Brother eviction nominations. Ho hum. Incidentally, does anyone else think that we're due some fresh blood in the Big Brother house? We're 29 days into the show already, and the most exciting thing to have happened was when Noirin drew on her own face.

We have an update on the Cumberland County teenage infected with a rare flesh eating bacteria.

Two weeks ago, Matthew McKinney was your typical all-American teenage boy who loves scouting.

A father is opening up about his teenage son's fight against a life-threatening bacteria infection.

A woman checked into a hospital to give birth, but she left with no arms or legs.

New flu strains. Antibiotic- resistant tuberculosis. Germs in and on the foods we buy in supermarkets and in restaurants.

A Special Walk-A-Thon honoring an Upper Arlington teen. Blake Haxton lost both his legs battling a flesh eating bacteria.

An Orlando man lost part of his lower body to a flesh eating bacteria and now he is blaming Dr.

A man has filed a lawsuit against a local hospital claiming a misdiagnosis caused him to lose parts of his body to a flesh-eating virus.

Upper Arlington community members are expected to gather Saturday morning to support the recovery of an athlete who lost both legs to a rare infection.

A senior at Upper Arlington High School has faced a battle with necrotizing fasciitis - a flesh-eating bacteria.

The father of a central Ohio student battling a flesh-eating bacteria said his son is making progress on the road to recovery.

A South Ogden woman survived a nearly deadly fight with a flesh-eating bacteria.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohioa 'Two months after a rare, flesh-eating bacteria forced doctors to amputate the legs of Upper Arlington High School senior Blake Haxton, friends and supporters are preparing to host a walkathon fundraiser this Saturday at Upper Arlington High School.

Debbie Blackwell woke up one recent Saturday morning with severe pain under her arm.

Sanford, Florida A woman who became infected with flesh-eating bacteria after giving birth, leading to the amputation of her arms and legs, has settled her lawsuit against a Central Florida hospital.

The mother who entered a Longwood maternity ward, delivered a healthy baby boy and suddenly became so sick with flesh-eating bacteria that doctors wound up amputating both arms and legs has settled her lawsuit against the hospital.