Brain-Eating Amoebas Have Struck Again in Minnesota
It’s July, and, like clockwork, brain-eating amoebas are back in the news. Last week, the deadly parasite Naegleria fowleri, which thrives in warm bodies of fresh water, claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman from Inyo County, California. Now a child in Minnesota is believed to have developed primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), the rare, usually…
