Brain-eating amoebas: What you must know about the risk of swimming in fresh water

Tanner Lake Wall, 13, passed away days after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, while swimming at a campground in North Florida.

Of the 157 people known to be infected in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, only four individuals survived — meaning the death rate is more than 97%., Morgan Ebenroth, died after becoming infected with the bacteria while swimming in a lake with friends. And in February, a Florida man died after he was infected when washing his face and rinsing his sinuses with tap water containing Nagleria fowleri.

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