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A child in Douglas County died from a suspected infection with the rare brain-eating amoeba, possibly in the Elkhorn River, according to the health department.

A health alert on the state and county level. Doctors suspect a rare brain-eating amoeba led to a child's death.

A child died after swimming in the Elkhorn River in Nebraska and local health officials suspect the cause of death is due to a rare, brain-eating amoeba.

Douglas County Health Director Lindsay Huse said Thursday that the death from a suspected infection from the brain-eating amoeba occurred in the Elkhorn River near Valley.

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