or if you might come into contact with brackish or salt water," the CDC wrote in its oyster safety guide. "Wash open wounds and cuts thoroughly with soap and water if they contacted salt water ...

Oysters thrive in brackish water, a mixture of fresh and salt water. The rapid introduction of more fresh water from rain run-off disrupted the balance, leading to the oysters' deaths.

One patient reported consuming raw oysters from an out-of-state establishment. Two patients reported exposure to salt or brackish water in Long Island Sound. Both patients had pre-existing open ...

People become infected with Vibrio vulnificus by exposing an open wound to contaminated saltwater or brackish water, or by eating raw or undercooked seafood, especially oysters. Earlier this month ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a warning on Friday about severe Vibrio infections after three people were hospitalized and one died. Vibrio ...

In 2019, unprecedented levels of melting snow and falling rain made the Choptank River, the lab's water source, too fresh for brackish-loving oysters to survive. Climate change is increasing ...

"If people sustain cuts while they're in the water, whether they cut their foot on an oyster shell, or they cut their forearm while working on their boat, and they're in that salt and brackish ...

For months, Louisiana oyster farmer Mitch Jurisich, Jr. watched the Mississippi as an invisible surge of Gulf of Mexico salt water crept up the tail end of the river, twisting along levees through ...

"We don't know how low in salinity a Pacific oyster will be able to reproduce in the future. But there are many indications ...

or if you might come into contact with brackish or salt water,” the CDC wrote in its oyster safety guide. “Wash open wounds and cuts thoroughly with soap and water if they contacted salt water ...