'Extremely rare' brain-eating amoeba infection suspected in Nebraska child's death
A child in Nebraska has died from a suspected, rare infection of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday.
'Extremely rare' brain-eating amoeba infection suspected in Nebraska child's death
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