Por: CBS News Politics October 20, 2022
A Nevada boy has died from a rare and often lethal brain infection that officials say he may have contracted while swimming in the eastern part of Lake Mead earlier this month, health officials said Wednesday.The boy, whose identity has not been released, visited the Arizona section of the reservoir at the beginning of October, to the Southern Nevada Health District. The boy began to develop symptoms of an uncommon illness caused caused by... + full article
WPLG Local 10 USA Health October 22, 2022
LAS VEGAS – 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 prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.“It gets... + más
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US | Associated Press
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US | ABC News
Associated Press USA Science October 22, 2022
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 prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.“It gets... + más
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US | WPLG Local 10
ABC News USA Tech October 22, 2022
LAS VEGAS -- 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 prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.“It gets... + más
ABC7 USA Health October 21, 2022
enters the body through the nose and can cause inflammation, seizures, coma and usually death.Health officials say it flourishes in warm, fresh-water environments.It's believed to be the only case of the parasite associated with Lake Mead and only the second in... + más
Brain-eating amoeba killed boy after he swam in Lake Mead, authorities say | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA World October 21, 2022
A boy has died of a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in Lake Mead this month, authorities in Nevada said. The patient, identified only as a male under the age of 18, is believed to have been exposed while on the Arizona side of the lake at the beginning of October,... + más
NBC News USA Nation October 20, 2022
A Nevada boy has died after he was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that he may have been exposed to at Lake Mead, state health officials announced Wednesday. The boy, described as a Clark county resident under the age of 18, died from Naegleria fowleri, the Southern... + más
ABC News USA Nation October 20, 2022
A Nevada child died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba in an extremely rare occurrence, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Wednesday.The district said that the Clark County, Nevada, resident might have been exposed to the amoeba, which it identified as... + más
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