Jayne Sharp walked into Knoxville, Tennessee’s Jazzy Nail Bar looking for a manicure and walked out with a deadly infection. While she was getting her nails done, Sharp’s thumb was nicked. Two hours ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, life-threatening illness caused by bacteria that aggressively attack the soft tissue of the body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning about cases of necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum in patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. The new warning will be ...

Psychological consequences of NF result from intense discomfort, painful dressing changes, and physical disfigurement and include emotions such as anxiety, fear, worry, guilt, anger, and hopelessness.

A rare species of so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria found in raw shellfish or seawater has been linked to five deaths in Florida this year, state health officials said. Vibrio vulnificus, a dangerous ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing – and potentially fatal – ...

A Holland resident is speaking out after surviving necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but often fatal bacterial infection she ...