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

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

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

The report says she developed severe neurologic symptoms, including fever, headache, and altered mental status. She died ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman died after using RV tap water for a nasal rinse. CDC warns the brain-eating amoeba can be found in ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman died in 2024 due to a brain-eating amoeba after using tap water from an RV for a nasal rinse.

Because the amoeba is found in soil, the CDC also recommends avoiding stirring up the sediment at the bottom of lakes, ponds and rivers. When a patient has been diagnosed with a brain-eating ...

Through an investigation, the CDC confirmed that Naegleria fowleri was found in the woman’s cerebrospinal fluid. Brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri protozoans in trophozoite form, computer ...

A woman in Texas died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to clear out her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced.

The CDC describes Naegleria fowleri, more commonly known as "brain-eating amoeba," as a single-cell organism that lives in freshwater lakes, rivers and hot springs. "If water containing the ameba ...