Liver Disease and Weakened Immune Systems Pose Highest Health Risks

Warming ocean waters are driving the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus up the Eastern seaboard as far north as Massachusetts, according to Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases. People with liver disease or compromised immune systems face the greatest danger from the pathogen, which can infect the … Read more