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Second Person Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba in US

A teenager has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, just days after a young girl succumbed to the same illness.

1 Sept, 19:56 — 1 Sept, 19:56
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Teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ just days after young girl succumbs to same rare infection

A North Carolina teen's first symptom was severe headaches before a brain-eating amoeba infection proved fatal, his mother shared on GoFundMe.

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newsbeast1 Sept, 11:07First to report

Έφηβος πέθανε από τη σπάνια «αμοιβάδα που τρώει τον εγκέφαλο»

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Fox News1 Sept, 19:56Latest update

Teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ just days after young girl succumbs to same rare infection

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