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Rise in flesh-eating bacteria linked to climate change

Doctors are reporting five cases of people sickened by contact with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in Delaware Bay - farther north than it's typically found. They warn it may become more prevalent in northern areas as waters warm.
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