{"id":16814,"date":"2026-04-25T22:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=16814"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:34:42","slug":"flesh-eating-bacteria-found-in-popular-u-s-tourist-spot-carrying-20-risk-of-death-within-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=16814","title":{"rendered":"Flesh-eating bacteria found in popular U.S. tourist spot, carrying 20% risk of death within 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists have detected dangerous flesh-eating bacteria in waters near a popular Long Island tourist area and issued a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers from Stony Brook University found <em>Vibrio vulnificus<\/em>\u2014a fast-acting bacterium that can turn deadly within 48 hours\u2014in multiple locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Christopher Gobler said it poses a serious risk, especially through open wounds, with about a 20% fatality rate. Dogs have also been affected after drinking contaminated water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The threat isn\u2019t new\u2014three deaths were linked to the bacteria in 2023\u2014but experts say it\u2019s spreading to more areas due to pollution, algae blooms, and climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have detected dangerous flesh-eating bacteria in waters near a popular Long Island tourist area and issued a warning. Researchers from Stony Brook University found Vibrio vulnificus\u2014a fast-acting bacterium that can turn deadly within 48 hours\u2014in multiple locations. Professor Christopher Gobler said it poses a serious risk, especially through open wounds, with about a 20% &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":16815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}