Officials in Nevada are warning visitors of a brain-eating amoeba, with a near 100% infection fatality rate, present at Lake Mead. Lake Mead National Recreation Area said Naegleria fowleri – popularly known as “brain-eating amoeba” – has been found in hot springs
A toddler who was his parent’s “pride and joy” died from a brain-eating amoeba after playing at an Arkansas country club’s splash pad. Michael Alexander Pollock III, a 16-months-old, passed away on Sept. 4, after contracting the rare brain-eating infection while his
A Georgia teen is the latest victim of a brain-eating amoeba that has killed three people so far in the United States. Megan Ebenroth, 17, originally from McDuffie County near Augusta, is believed to have been infected by the amoeba while swimming
A Georgia resident has died from a rare “brain-eating amoeba,” the state’s health department confirmed last Wednesday. The resident likely became infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia, the health department said. “Naegleria fowleri” is a rare infection
Nearly a quarter million Floridians are being warned to avoid washing their face with tap water after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba in February. The advice, which applies to the nearly 200,000 residents of Charlotte County, comes after a county
A person in Florida has died after contracting a very rare “brain-eating” infection from washing their nose in unboiled tap water, health experts reported. The infection swells and eventually rots the brain and will usually result in death, officials warn. The Centre