A woman in Texas used unsafe water for nasal irrigation and caught the violent Naegleria fowleri. She died 8 days later.

The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman has died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba. The woman was using tap water from ...

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go ...

Naegleria fowleri, referred to as the ‘brain-eating amoeba’, is a rare but deadly bacterium found in warm freshwater. | ...

A rare but deadly amoeba claimed a woman's life after she rinsed her sinuses with tap water. Learn about Naegleria fowleri, ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman died after using campground tap water to clear her sinuses. The CDC says she was infected by the ...

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 ...

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

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

A healthy Texas woman, 71, died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after using a nasal irrigation device with ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, lives in warm freshwater and can enter the nose during water activities. Infections are rare but often fatal, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis ...