A Florida man has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba — likely the result of rinsing his sinuses with tap water, health officials said. The state Health Department in a ...

A person in Charlotte County, Florida, has died after being infected with the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The infection possibly resulted from "sinus rinse practices utilizing tap ...

As sniffle season sets in, sinus infections are among the most common illnesses seen in doctors’ offices. For most people, they’re nothing more than an inconvenience and a few days of congestion, but, ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man died from a brain-eating amoeba likely contracted from a sinus rinse using tap water, according to multiple reports. In a Feb. 23 release, the Florida Department ...

What one North Texas mom thought was an ear infection landed her son in the hospital for brain surgery. It’s been a whirlwind week and a half for Kendra Smith and her son Christopher Bryant. Smith ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Health officials in Florida have issued a warning after a patient died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba. The Charlotte County ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - North Fairview Elementary student, Norah Budge, began feeling ill in early February from what was thought to be a sinus infection became much more. “It’s been hard and stressful, ...

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after cleaning her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The woman, ...

I never had a headache or a seizure, which are typical symptoms of a brain tumor. My first symptom was having phantom smells. I was smelling things that weren’t there — like restaurant exhaust or ...