A woman who met a tragic fate after routinely rinsing out her sinuses is thought to have died because she put tap water in her neti pot. That tap water was filled with tiny amoebas that ate away at her brain cells. The 69-year-old Seattle woman stumped doctors earlier this year, when she was admitted […]
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The Hunt for the Brain-Eating Amoebas of Yellowstone
Scientists descend on the Boiling River in Yellowstone to hunt for Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba that kills 97 percent of the humans it infects. https://media.wired.com/photos/59e6698265448952f1b0406a/master/pass/ameoba-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest