Por: CBS News Politics July 24, 2023
A child died from a brain-eating amoeba after a visit to a Nevada hot spring, state officials said Thursday. The child was identified as 2-year-old Woodrow Bundy, CBS affiliate KLAS reported. Investigators believe the child contracted the infection at Ash Springs, which is located about 100 miles north of Las Vegas. He experienced flu-like symptoms, and then his health began spiraling. The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health has... + full article
Newsweek USA Health July 20, 2023
A young boy has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba infection, leaving his family devastated.Woodrow Bundy, aged 2, died on July 19 from the infection, which his family thinks he contracted while swimming in Ash Springs, Nevada.A Facebook post shared by many friends of... + más
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US | WPLG Local 10
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US | Associated Press
Newsweek USA Health May 25, 2023
Deadly brain-eating amoeba infections are increasing across the U.S. North, and it might be due to climate change.Researchers from the Ohio Public Health Association described in a case report paper published May 16 in the Ohio Journal of Public Health that infections by the... + más
Orlando Sentinel USA Nation March 07, 2023
The old “get out of the water” fear once was stoked by a fictional shark tale set off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Florida could have an updated version that is even more fraught with danger. “Get out of your shower and bath.” Or, at least, don’t let tap water get... + más
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 | 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
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
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
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