Swimmer contracts brain-eating amoeba spreading in water... are YOU at risk? | NYGazet

A person has been hospitalized after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular local lake.

A person has been hospitalized in Missouri after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular local lake. No name or age has been released for the patient, but the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Se... [7439 chars]