Imagine being told, by your water provider, to be careful how you use your water because it could kill you. That's been happening in parts of Louisiana after state regulators found a deadly amoeba ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of ...
(WJW) – A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report. The ...
Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never ...
OUACHITA PARISH, Louisiana -- Brain-eating amoebas have been detected in two water systems in Louisiana, the state's health department said. Health officials reassured residents that drinking tap ...
Hurricane Katrina may be to blame for the infection of a New Orleans-area parish's drinking water supply with a deadly brain-eating amoeba, eight years after the storm and its aftermath ravaged the ...
A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after cleaning her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The woman, ...
SEATTLE, Washington -- Doctors believe a woman who died from rare brain-eating amoeba used tap water to rinse her sinuses. The 69-year-old Seattle resident died in February after undergoing brain ...
Doctors believe a woman who died from rare brain-eating amoebas used tap water to rinse her sinuses. The 69-year-old Seattle resident died in February after undergoing brain surgery at Swedish Medical ...
A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Typically, fewer than 10 cases of the infection are reported in the U.S. each year, the state ...
LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of Lake Jackson in Brazoria County, south of Houston, are being warned not to use their tap water because a brain-eating microbe could be inside it. On Friday, ...
LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of Lake Jackson in Brazoria County, south of Houston, are being warned not to use their tap water because a brain-eating microbe could be inside it. On Friday, ...