Zach Motal thought he broke his foot after a swim in the Gulf of Mexico. — -- Zach Motal said he went for a walk in the surf along the Gulf of Mexico about a month ago with a small cut on his toe ...

One year ago, Aimee Copeland lost both hands, her right foot and her entire left leg to flesh-eating bacteria. But that hasn’t stopped the upbeat Georgia woman from staying on the move and encouraging ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Doctors are issuing a warning about swimming with open wounds after a man in Florida had to have his leg amputated because of a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Zach Mody only had ...

As Hurricane Matthew lurked just offshore last October, its wind roiling the surf and toppling trees, Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Dennis Godfrey got out of his patrol car to check on a house in ...

A Texas man said “he’ll never be the same” after he contracted a potentially deadly bacterial infection from dipping his toes in the water. Adam Perez, who reportedly was homeless prior to the ...