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Latest 'flesh-eating bacteria' outbreaks around the world

Euronews · Jun 26, 2026, 6:59 AM

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

In recent years, deaths linked to the flesh‑eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus and group A streptococcus have risen in the US, Europe and Asia. Warming seas have allowed Vibrio to spread from the Baltic to parts of the North Sea and the Mediterranean.

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