Necrotizing Fasciitis

ATLANTA (AP) — The parents of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection said Monday they’ve learned to read lips and are now able to communicate with their daughter despite a breathing tube in her throat. Speaking on...

UPSTATE, S.C. -- A new mother is in critical but stable condition after being diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria, according to news reports. Lana Kuykendall had just given birth to twins, when she started experiencing pain and noticed a growing spot on...

It hurts just thinking about the idea of a flesh eating bacteria. But Aimee Copeland from Augusta, Georgia is living it.  The 24-year-old got infected when she fell from a home-made zip line. She got a giant gash in her leg, and it opened a nasty can...

For more than a week the nation has been following the story of 24-year-old Aimee Copeland, the psychology student from Georgia who is battling a rare flesh eating bacteria that's already forced doctors to amputate one leg and parts of her abdomen. Now,...

UPSTATE, S.C. -- The family of Lana Kuykendall -- a mother of three-week-old twins who is battling a rare flesh-eating bacteria -- realizes all too well that she "still has a long road ahead" after seven surgeries. "We don't know what the next day is...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The father of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has spoken for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital weeks ago for treatment. Writing on his Facebook page, Andy...

Before they laid her down to eat, she prayed her soul the Lord would keep, but flesh eating bacteria had its way, and Pastor Linda Snyder died Tuesday. Not as catchy as the children's nursery rhyme, but the beloved Sacramento pastor lost her six-month...

Pastor Linda Snyder, of Sacramento's United Methodist Church, died Tuesday from complications from necrotizing fasciitis – commonly referred to as "flesh-eating bacteria." Snyder had been with the church for a decade when she developed a wound,...

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-destroying disease is refusing to take pain medications during some procedures, partly because of her personal convictions. The father of Aimee Copeland says his daughter despises the use of...

ATLANTA (AP) — The father of a Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has been suffering the worst pain of her entire ordeal. Andy Copeland says his daughter, Aimee, sometimes cries from the pain but stops because crying...