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How To Survive A Brain-Eating Amoeba
ResumeOver the course of this summer, a rash of strange deaths have happened across the United States.
A teenage girl in Ohio died in June after taking a whitewater rafting trip. Then a Texas lifeguard died in July. Earlier this month, an 11-year-old girl died after swimming in a river. Now, a swimmer is fighting for their life in Southern Florida.
All of these healthy young people have something in common: they fell ill after being in water, and in almost all cases, they’ve died incredibly quickly.
The killer? A rare, brain-eating amoeba.
Paige Pfleger from The Pulse at Here & Now contributor WHYY reports.
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Paige Pfleger, associate producer for WHYY's The Pulse. She tweets @PaigePfleger.
This segment aired on August 25, 2016.