Three more cases of Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria, have been reported in Florida as of Sept. 18.

While dogs are responsible for the majority of human rabies deaths worldwide, contact with infected bats is the leading cause ...

Living with diabetes requires constant attention to many aspects of health, but one area that deserves special focus is wound ...

A fifth person in Louisiana has died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters, the state's ...

NEW ORLEANS — A fifth person in Louisiana has died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters, ...

A Tasmanian aged care home’s failure to treat an infected pressure wound has been found to have contributed to the death of an 87-year-old woman. The woman died in February 2022 after staff at ...

Demand for wound care in the home is intensifying, and investors and providers alike are zeroing in on the service line’s potential, drawn by high Medicare reimbursement rates and growing emphasis on ...

While people may discuss the lesions, cysts, and bumps that are characteristic of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), they don’t often focus on another aspect of the condition: slow-healing wounds. When ...

Wound healing is a highly specialized multi-step process for repairing damaged or injured tissues. 1 A failure in normal wound healing leads to a chronic state susceptible to infection, or abnormal ...

Maggot therapy is a wound healing technique in which healthcare professionals apply medical grade maggots to dead or infected tissue to keep the wound clean. It is also known as larval therapy. Maggot ...