The death of a child has been linked to the brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri that kills nearly every single person it infects. The unnamed child is believed to have caught the infection while swimming in Elkhorn River, which crosses through the Omaha, Nebraska, area. Officials revealed that he died in Douglas County, which includes the state's largest city. If confirmed, this would be the Cornhusker's state first recorded case of brain eating amoeba infection.Brain eating amoeba infections are rare but incredibly deadly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention () reports 154 cases from 1962 to 2021, with another three so far this summer. Only four Americans have ever survived the infection.
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