(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 ...

A woman in Texas died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection from using tap water to clear out her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced. According to ...

As this brain-eating Naegleria fowleri can be found in warm freshwater and untreated tap water, the CDC recommends the use of distilled, sterile, or boiled and cooled tap water for nasal irrigation.

(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 ...