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    Spreading Infections of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Linked to Climate Change

    A 3D illustration of bacterium Vibrio vulnificus. Dr_Microbe / iStock / Getty Images Plus

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    The number of Vibrio vulnificus infections is on the rise and spreading northward in the U.S., a new study has found. The researchers have linked the increasing and spreading infections to climate change and predicted that the pathogen will spread further in the coming decades without efforts to curb emissions.

    Vibrio vulnificus can be a life-threatening wound infection, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Infections from pathogens in the Vibrio genus can occur from eating raw or undercooked seafood or through contact of an open wound with…

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