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...
Brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri protozoans in trophozoite form. Getty Images The boy's death in Nevada comes after at least two other cases reported in 2022. In July, a Missouri resident was hospitalized with a Naegleria fowleri infection after swimming in Lake of Three ...