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Brain-eating amoeba: How are people infected?
The amoeba then makes a bee line for the brain. Fresh water Brain infections caused by Naegleria fowleri usually happen ...
A 71-year-old woman in Texas died after using unboiled tap water from an RV for nasal rinsing, leading to a rare but fatal ...
A 71-year-old Texas woman died after using RV tap water for a nasal rinse. CDC warns the brain-eating amoeba can be found in ...
A 71-year-old woman in Texas has died from a rare and fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a "brain-eating ...
The 71-year-old Texas woman was previously healthy before getting an infection from a brain-eating amoeba, a CDC case report said.
A 71-year-old woman’s death from a brain-eating amoeba while camping raises alarms about the dangers of nasal rinsing with untreated tap water in Texas.
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The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal ...
A Texas woman died from a rare brain infection after she flushed her sinuses with tap water, the Centers for Disease Control ...
The woman contracted a fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba and died eight days after developing symptoms.
The CDC confirmed that the 2024 death of a 71-year-old Texas woman was caused by a brain eating amoeba and families are ...
A 71-year-old Texas woman has died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba. The woman was using tap water from ...