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A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the

Brain-eating amoeba prime suspect in 2nd Midwest death

The CDC confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, who went swimming in the Elkhorn River near Omaha.

Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming in the Elkhorn River

The CDC confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, who went swimming in the Elkhorn River near Omaha.

It is the second death in the Midwest this summer from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, after a Missouri man died from the infection they contracted in Iowa in July.

 Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near...

Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha.

NEBRASKA, United States (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second su...

Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha.