naegleria fowleri

  • The Ominous Link Between Rare Disease Outbreaks in 2023

    The Ominous Link Between Rare Disease Outbreaks in 2023

    This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A 16-month-old boy was playing in a splash pad at a country club in Little Rock, Arkansas, this summer when water containing a very rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba went up his nose. He died a few days later in the…


  • Two U.S. Children Died From a Brain-Eating Amoeba This Month

    Two U.S. Children Died From a Brain-Eating Amoeba This Month

    Two U.S. children in recent weeks appear to have been killed by a dangerous amoeba found in freshwater lakes and ponds. On Tuesday afternoon, North Carolina health officials reported the death of a young boy due to a brain infection from Naegleria fowleri, a rare but often deadly disease spread by contaminated water shooting up…