Death confirmed from rare and deadly ‘brain-eating amoeba’ in southern lake
A pediatric death from a "brain-eating amoeba" has been reported in South Carolina, according to health officials.Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia publicly confirmed the death on July 22, according to a statement from the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) sent to Fox News Digital.The patient died after exposure to Naegleria fowleri, a rare amoeba that causes a life-threatening brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).FOUR PEOPLE DEAD […]