11-06-2023 23:03 via krqe.com

Deadly brain-eating amoeba: How concerned should you be this summer?

(WJW) – As temperatures heat up, many of us will be headed to the water to cool off. However, there’s a deadly amoeba that lives in freshwater and thrives during the summer months. Child bitten by copperhead snake at North Carolina ZooNaegleria fowleri, commonly called "brain-eating amoeba," is rare – there are only about 3 cases per year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but it's almost always fatal.How can you get it?“They like to grow i
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