RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The chlorination and filtration systems at an artificial water rapids course where Olympic kayakers train were inadequate to kill a rare, brain-attacking organism, the U.S.
A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...
Clarence and Ebony Carr hug as they talk about the death of their son from a brain-eating amoeba he got at a popular South Carolina lake on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.. (AP Photo/Jeffrey ...