Flesh-Eating Bacteria In Delaware Bay Linked To Climate Change, Study Says

By Susan Scutti, CNN
(CNN) — Climate change may lead to unlikely illnesses in unexpected places, new research suggests: In the past two years, five cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterial infection spread by handling or eating contaminated seafood, have been tied to Delaware Bay, where water temperatures have been on the rise in recent years, according to a study.
These five patients were treated at one New Jersey hospital and serve as a warning that flesh-eroding bacterial in