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Physician’s Briefing Staff FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A brain-eating amoeba has killed a Florida man, state health officials reported. The man may have acquired this very rare infection…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — A person in southwest Florida has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, health officials said.The Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County confirmed the death…

IANS Seoul, December 26 The first infection from Naegleria fowleri, or “brain-eating amoeba,” has been reported in South Korea, the health authorities said on Monday. The Korea Disease…

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should…

Physician’s Briefing Staff FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a "brain-eating amoeba" that occurred after the child swam in…

AP OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha.The Centers for…

Cara Murez FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a “brain-eating amoeba” that occurred after the child swam in a local river,…

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK - Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health…

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently announced in the journal Current Biology that an amoeba called Naegleria has evolved more distinct sets of tubulins, used for specific cellular…