#7-Year-Old Boy Dies After Contracting ‘Extremely Rare’ Brain-Eating Amoeba From Swimming In Lake
“#7-Year-Old Boy Dies After Contracting ‘Extremely Rare’ Brain-Eating Amoeba From Swimming In Lake ” A 7-year-old boy who spent some time in late July swimming in a northern California lake has died after he contracted an “extremely rare” brain-eating amoeba in the water. David Pruitt (pictured above) was brought to an emergency room at a…