An elderly Palm Beach County resident has become the first person in Florida to die from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus this year, with health officials warning that the deadliest stretch of the infection season is just beginning. The victim, aged 80 to 84, was among 11 confirmed Vibrio vulnificus cases reported across the state […] The post Florida reports first flesh-eating bacteria death of 2026 as summer cases climb appeared first on American Almanac .
An elderly Palm Beach County resident has become the first person in Florida to die from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus this year, with health officials warning that the deadliest stretch of the infection season is just beginning. The victim, aged 80 to 84, was among 11 confirmed Vibrio vulnificus cases reported across the state so far in 2026, Fox Weather reported . No additional details about the deceased, name, sex, or how the infection was contracted, have been released. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death and the statewide case count but offered little beyond a boilerplate precautionary statement. The bacterium thrives in warm, brackish coastal water, exactly the conditions that blanket Florida's…Open
Jhenéy Wallace, a 20-year-old Victor Valley College basketball player who dreamed of reaching the WNBA, was killed when her vehicle plunged 80 feet down an embankment on California's I-15 freeway, leaving two other occupants in critical condition. Wallace was a passenger in a Hyundai Veloster traveling through the Cajon Pass on Wednesday, July 15, when […] The post College basketball player with WNBA dreams killed in I-15 Cajon Pass rollover crash at 20 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jhenéy Wallace, a 20-year-old Victor Valley College basketball player who dreamed of reaching the WNBA, was killed when her vehicle plunged 80 feet down an embankment on California's I-15 freeway, leaving two other occupants in critical condition. Wallace was a passenger in a Hyundai Veloster traveling through the Cajon Pass on Wednesday, July 15, when the car rolled off the freeway and tumbled down a steep embankment. San Bernardino County firefighters and paramedics reached the wreckage in triple-digit heat, airlifted one survivor, and hauled another up the slope on a rescue sled to a waiting ambulance. Wallace, a Victorville native, was pronounced dead at the scene . The two other occupants, Wallace's best friend and the friend's…Open
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