Swimming in lakes, rivers and streams can lead to a rare infection caused by Nagleria fowleri, a bacteria more commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba. An expert shares prevention tips.
Tanner Lake Wall, 13, passed away days after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, while swimming at a campground in North Florida.
Of the 157 people known to be infected in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, only four individuals survived — meaning the death rate is more than 97%., Morgan Ebenroth, died after becoming infected with the bacteria while swimming in a lake with friends. And in February, a Florida man died after he was infected when washing his face and rinsing his sinuses with tap water containing Nagleria fowleri.
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