New York City is experiencing another cluster of Legionnaires’ disease just weeks after a cluster exposure in Manhattan was declared over.
The FDA has nine food-borne illness outbreak investigations happening at the same time, a new record.
Naegleria fowleri infections are extremely rare, infecting fewer than 10 people annually in the U.S., though they are almost always fatal.
The brain-eating amoeba is found in ponds, rivers, and lakes
Northwest Naturals is recalling its Frozen Chicken Recipe cat food and Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe.
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, "once symptoms start, the disease progresses rapidly and usually causes death within about five days."
Scientists have recently documented the bacteria spreading to places that were once too cold for it to survive.
CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella infections linked to alfalfa sprouts.
The amoeba thrives in freshwater bodies around the U.S. and can enter the body through the nose. The infection it produces is almost always fatal. There are, on average, fewer than 10 cases annually.
An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been contracted while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said. CNN's Meg Tirrell reports.
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