FALMOUTH, MA — A swimmer on Cape Cod contracted a rare infection after a trip to the water this month, Barnstable County officials said. On Aug. 8, a case of Vibrio vulnificus infection in "an older ...

Officials: Cape Cod swimmer infected with rare bacteria that can cause ‘flesh-eating’ disease The swimmer, described by officials as "an older individual," went into the water at a Falmouth beach with ...

A swimmer who recently visited a beach on Cape Cod has been diagnosed with an extremely rare and potentially deadly bacterial infection, public health officials announced Wednesday. An older ...

Massachusetts public health officials issued a warning Wednesday about the presence of a rare and potentially dangerous bacteria in the state’s coastal waters after a swimmer contracted an uncommon ...