How to Survive shares 3 crucial steps to take if exposed to a brain-eating amoeba, focusing on immediate response and medical ...

How to Survive shares 3 vital survival steps if you encounter a brain-eating amoeba, a rare but deadly waterborne threat.

The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal ...

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go swimming but stay safe.

A 71-year-old woman in Texas died after using unboiled tap water from an RV for nasal rinsing, leading to a rare but fatal ...

A healthy Texas woman, 71, died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after using a nasal irrigation device with tap water. Health officials warn that rinsing sinuses or nasal passages ...

A Texas woman has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after using a sinus rinse with contaminated water, according to a case report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Naegleria fowleri, commonly called “brain-eating amoeba,” is rare. There are only about 10 cases per year, according to the CDC, but it’s almost always fatal. Only one way to get it.

How rare is brain-eating amoeba infection? According to the CDC , about 10 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with the amoeba, but most die. About 164 infections were reported from 1962 to 2023.

A woman in Texas used unsafe water for nasal irrigation and caught the violent Naegleria fowleri. She died 8 days later.

The report says she developed severe neurologic symptoms, including fever, headache, and altered mental status. She died eight days after her symptoms began.

An NHS doctor has warned against using tap water for a 'common' health practice as he explained how it could expose you to a ...