North Carolina teen critically ill after being infected ​with rare brain-eating amoeba

Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in warm freshwater, and if it enters through the nose, can cause brain damage A North Carolina teenager has died after contracting a rare and often fatal brain-eating amoeba. The state’s health department (NCDHHS) confirmed the boy’s death on…

Fewer than 10 people a year are infected in the U.S. but the condition is usually fatal