brain-eating amoeba

13-year-old dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming on family vacation

The heartbroken parents of a young boy who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while on vacation in North Central Florida are hoping to send out a warning to others. According to reports, 13-year-old Tanner ...

10-year-old dies two weeks after contracting brain-eating amoeba from river

“The water is in Lily’s backyard,” Wendy Scott, a cousin, told WFAA. “She has swum in there day in, day out. The day she was in there, we had 40 people in there with her.” ...