A potentially lethal disease is making headlines in the U.S. as rates of vaccination fall. Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib ...

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning residents and visitors about a dangerous bacterium that can cause a flesh-eating disease in a person who was swimming at a Cape Cod beach. A ...

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BOURNE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning residents and visitors about a dangerous bacterium that can cause a flesh-eating disease in a person who was ...