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.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the woman developed symptoms of primary amebic meningoencephalitis — a severe brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri ...

Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection that is almost always fatal. Between 1962 and 2023, only four people in the U.S. out of 164 known cases ...

Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection that is almost always fatal. Between 1962 and 2023, only four people in the U.S. out of 164 known cases ...

Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection that is almost always fatal. Between 1962 and 2023, only four people in the U.S. out of 164 known cases ...

Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare brain infection that is almost always fatal. Between 1962 and 2023, only four people in the U.S. out of 164 known cases ...