Eight-year-old girl dies from brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana

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Eight-Year-Old Girl Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba In Louisiana

By FOX Weather

THE TAKEAWAY An eight-year-old girl has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana. The young girl was hospitalized with Naegleria fowleri. Nearly everyone who contracts this infection dies. BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Tragedy has unfolde ...Read more