Florida could have an updated version that is even more fraught with danger. "Get out of your shower and bath." Or, at least, don't lettap waterget sucked up your nose. The idea revolves around a death in Southwest Florida in February from a "brain-eating amoeba" known as Naegleria f...
How to stay safe from the brain-eating amoeba 01:03 A Nevada boy has died from a rare and often lethal brain infection that officials say he may have contracted while swimming in the eastern part of Lake Mead earlier this month, health officials said Wednesday. The boy, whose...
DEADLY BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA FOUND IN IOWA BEACH AS TEMPERATURES RISE File: Black bear meat in an Alaska kitchen. (Jean-Erick PASQUIER/Gamma-Rapho / FOX Weather) "As demonstrated in this outbreak, the color of meat is not a good indicator of cooking adequacy," wrote the CDC. "Safe handling...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he'd visited sued the city that operated it for negligence on Monday. Tariq Williams and Kayla Mitchell filed ...
RELATED:Deadly brain-eating amoeba found in Iowa beach as temperatures rise Naegleria Fowleri enters the body through the nose, usually while swimming or diving. You can reduce your risk by plugging your nose, keeping your head above water and avoiding freshwater sources in late summer when water...