North Carolina teenager dies from rare infection caused by brain-eating amoeba

Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in warm freshwater, and if it enters through the nose, can cause brain damage A North Carolina teenager has died after contracting a rare and often fatal brain-eating amoeba. The state’s health department (NCDHHS) confirmed the boy’s death on Monday, saying: “NCDHHS has been informed

The brain-eating amoeba is found in ponds, rivers, and lakes

Fewer than 10 people a year are infected in the U.S. but the condition is usually fatal

A girl remains in a critical condition after police found her next to a dead body at an address in Northern Ireland – with a man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

There have been 173 cases of the deadly amoeba in the U.S., with only four people surviving.