Another case of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," has been reported in Florida. Here's how to protect yourself.

An older man was infected with flesh eating bacteria after swimming with an open wound at Old Silver Beach in Cape Cod.

Melinda Howard’s medical ordeal started with a paper cut on her hand. One week later, she was in urgent care where she required three forms of antibiotics to fight an alarming infection. “It was scary ...

While details are confidential, Polk County logged its first flesh-eating bacteria case this year, health officials say, as statewide infections reach 31.

Flies can lay eggs in open wounds, a situation more common in hot, humid areas. These eggs hatch into larvae that feed on ...

Most of us think of a wound as something simple: a blister, a scrape, a sore spot on the heel that will “get better on its ...

A new wearable device, a-Heal, combines AI, imaging, and bioelectronics to speed up wound recovery. It continuously monitors wounds, diagnoses healing stages, and applies personalized treatments like ...

MC1R is best known for something quite different from wound healing: the gene is responsible for red hair and very fair skin.