A Texas woman died from a rare brain infection after she flushed her sinuses with tap water, the Centers for Disease Control ...

A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her ...

The CDC confirmed that the 2024 death of a 71-year-old Texas woman was caused by a brain eating amoeba and families are ...

The 71-year-old Texas woman was previously healthy before getting an infection from a brain-eating amoeba, a CDC case report said.

Why is it called the 'brain-eating amoeba'? It is commonly called the “brain-eating ameba” because it can cause a brain infection. People become infected when water containing Naegleria ...

This 0.5 mg/L level is known to control the Naegleria fowleri ameba," the parish said in a news release.While residents can consume the water, the parish said there is a risk is an amoeba enters ...

Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as “brain-eating amoeba,” is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called primary amebic ...

The CDC said a 71-year-old woman in Texas died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to ...

commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba,” is a one-celled organism that lives in freshwater lakes, rivers, and hot springs. “If water containing the ameba goes up the nose and to the ...