LAS VEGAS - A juvenile has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Southern Nevada Health District reported on Oct. 19. The health district says Naegleria fowleri, the bacteria found in the deceased male, is commonly found in freshwater l...
Skeletal remains have been found in a sunken barrel at Lake Mead as water levels drop to their lowest since 1937, FOX 5's Dani Masten reports. (Video via KVVU) LAS VEGAS - A juvenile has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Southern Ne...
Skeletal remains have been found in a sunken barrel at Lake Mead as water levels drop to their lowest since 1937, FOX 5's Dani Masten reports. (Video via KVVU) LAS VEGAS - A juvenile has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Souther...
While that doesn't sound like much, the recent batch of deaths related to the amoeba could be cause for concern. In July, a 2-year-old boy was ruled by theNevada Division of Public and Behavioral Healthto have died from the brain-eating amoeba following a visit to a hot spring. Anothe...
Skeletal remains have been found in a sunken barrel at Lake Mead as water levels drop to their lowest since 1937, FOX 5's Dani Masten reports. (Video via KVVU) LAS VEGAS - A juvenile has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Southern Neva...