North Carolina amoeba case: How to protect your family

A teenager in central North Carolina is critically ill with a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, the microscopic amoeba often called the brain-eating amoeba, state health officials said Thursday. The case is frightening, and it is also extremely rare, and holding both of those facts at once is the whole point. Officials are […] The post North Carolina amoeba case: How to protect your family appeared first on Rolling Out.

North Carolina amoeba case: How to protect your family

A teenager in central North Carolina is critically ill with a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, the microscopic amoeba often called the brain-eating amoeba, state health officials said Thursday. The case is frightening, and it is also extremely rare, and holding both of those facts at once is the whole point. Officials are […]

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