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CDC Links RV Tap Water Rinse to Fatal Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection in Texas Woman

The CDC recommends using distilled, sterilized or boiled then cooled water for nasal irrigation to prevent Naegleria fowleri infection.

CDC Urges Use of Sterile Water After Texas Woman’s Death from Brain-Eating Amoeba

Second death in Georgia this week linked to rare brain-eating amoeba