WRAL.com August 28, 2026 • 21:07

Warming waters could expand brain-eating amoeba risk - WRAL

By Liz McLaughlin, WRAL Climate Change Reporter

Warming waters could expand brain-eating amoeba risk - WRAL

A North Carolina teenager is critically ill with the rare infection as scientists study how rising temperatures could change where and when the amoeba thrives.

A central North Carolina teenager is critically ill with a disease that has long been associated with the hottest days of summer in the South: a brain infection caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri… [+4742 chars]

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