Ruston child hospitalized with brain-eating amoeba

A Ruston child has been hospitalized with a brain-eating amoeba that she might have contracted while swimming in a North Louisiana lake, state and local health officials reported Wednesday. In a news release Wednesday morning, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed a resident was infected with Naegleria fowleri, a pathogen that feeds on brain tissue. […]

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