Diseases that sound like the stuff of nightmares are running rampant on the world stage.
A trip into Florida’s brackish waters could mean an amputated limb or death thanks to the “flesh-eating” Vibrio vulnificus, which has caused 42% more Florida infections over the last decade than the previous one.
Screwworm flies which had been considered eradicated from the United States for decades — another flesh-eating menace — are now threatening Texas cattle and drawing emergency rules to keep infection out of Florida…