In Burlington, North Carolina, a teenager named Moises Ponce Mendoza has died from Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba that enters the body through the nose during ordinary freshwater recreation. His death, arriving at the height of summer as families prepare for Labor Day weekend, places an invisible and ancient danger inside one of humanity's most familiar pleasures — the simple act of swimming. Health officials are now asking the public to hold that pleasure with a little more care.
North Carolina teen dies from rare brain-eating amoeba infection
A teenager died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection contracted from freshwater exposure.