Brain-Eating Amoeba FAQ What is Brain-Eating Amoeba Part II How Frequently Do People Get Infected by Brain-Eating Amoebas? Even though N. fowleri amoebas are relatively common, they only rarely cause brain disease. N. fowleri disease, known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis or PAM, occurs from zero to eight times a year, almost always from […]
What is Brain-Eating Amoeba
What is Brain-Eating Amoeba Brain-Eating Amoeba FAQ What is this scary bug? How does it get to the brain? Where is it, and how can you avoid it? WebMD answers these and other questions. What Is a Brain-Eating Amoeba? Amoebas are single-celled organisms. The so-called brain-eating amoeba is a species discovered in […]
Pakistan flooding: Misery, disease, litt...
Southern areas under water; dengue fever hits Punjab; crops, livestock wiped out PINGRIO, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers in inflatable rescue boats peered across kilometers of flooded farmland and spotted a man wading through waist-deep water desperate to move his goat to high ground. For the past two weeks, Kaywall has spent 12 hours a day […]