The CDC has issued an alert about a rise in bacterial infections as a strain of the meningococcal disease begins to circulate in the United States.

If the bacteria enters the body through a cut or wound, it can cause necrotizing fasciitis, in which the flesh around the infection site dies. Vulnificus means "to wound" in Latin.

Bacteria from meat could be responsible for more than half a million urinary tract infections in the United States every year, a new study says. E. coli is an often-harmless bacteria that’s ...