15-06-2023 01:56 via kxan.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.Naegleria 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 in water,” Dr. Christine Alexander, chair of famil
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