{"id":755927,"date":"2026-08-31T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755927\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:22:09","slug":"teen-critically-ill-after-contracting-rare-brain-eating-amoeba-often-found-in-freshwater-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/755927\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen critically ill after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba often found in freshwater &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxPVXpiNngwcGhDcXNoZGdWN2lqLTRqV1VDSGxwc25OY0h5Sks4bG1tUnk2VC1fNHE0bk0wTkZWX3BGNlNDUkVNWEh5d3pWRFhTTmFfYmJnbWZJTkd0ZnVQQkZ2Mnl4Qm5sTU50dU5PeW15clFrMEV1QXZjSFktVlJraXg5WmpJcUtTUEE5MjVvSkNtN0pldlZaMDhPMXRvaHhkNXF6dzdDQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teen critically ill after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba often found in freshwater<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQNW9hYnljTmo3ZzltWHRfcndaQ3ZsSFNKaFhwRDRFZFAwcE5hTlpXOWt5emdtY1ExdnE4ZG1iOE54dG1NZFZmeFB6clJvUDB2UFlFNEhsdU9LS2hEeGlTem9QNXFGX05hSTJ0dTE4TzJTVFRWRTFqc3UwTWlrc2ZTUklacDFUd0xkcnpWbWxn0gGTAUFVX3lxTE9tMVZzYzI2YzYyNklqamRfWDNVcEw4U2xIbnhITG1BNVJvaDk3NnB5UkI4WkliN0RaN19KZGxTU25uU1NrSlBkM0lmeUVDUTh4c2hzcGJfYWVKUXpFLUtVUEZiTGtQWmxtMjE2ZVRfQnNYRU5Ea1dWZEpDMF9VYk5WeVJobzUtRi1RdzQ2SDhEb2ZiTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teen&#8217;s rare brain infection prompts NC water safety warning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC11 News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxQUmpXRHNSRmt5OE9zVVBIWDVNUkYxakNuN1R6TG9QR0otQnJkNkJTR3dINlhGM3dtVk9HdTQtS01aS3VzeUhJMkVLRUItSXVJMmQ1d05QNGtLb3BoSndGZUdUMUYtV21GTzIySmJVR3JoMktyVGFDaUNMeWF2YTR5Nk5aOXBsMmF3WlpxRmp0T0doVlVBam1CQXl0eTJ2Y01oNGpFMHpNVzktUGZsUXFVM2Rhb1ZrUDFKbExwTTFybVhTQnlFV09TX1E1MXlIMTJmN2VMS0xaSEFOOXd1RlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NC teen has rare brain infection likely caused by swimming. 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Are you safe?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WRAL<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1Iel9iM0ZUWGw1S0pTVXBOOXBqMnZJd0pnUkhobmthRW9qc0Y5WlB1U2dnSDNfaTRZd183WGJzYnZrR2hjQmtnX0VfUzctVno1aksxWlRUUnV2cXU3M1l4NUZmNXJ0ZkJHZWhsM2FfVl9IYjZtRENNWVNINXk0YUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Second Child Infected with Brain-Eating Amoeba Following Death of 8-Year-Old<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPb19MT25rM3poOG9kT3o0SXJndnVhT3pIeGxzc2ZBckxuQ3RSdS1uTVBRSVNFSUp1RUp6X2JKMWRaWEZDeE5MczhqTndyeUVmYkxDb1VGdzR4VERNdjR3a1dNYzBJUEtqRjFPdWtUeFAzWHRVUWhScExvcDB1Q2FNckdMQVcwMkVLV1VmRkZCdlZiWURNVU1WRTVKMmNKb0XSAaQBQVVfeXFMTVpoX05oOGFzR2NKaUZqUTJEY1l4dVVfZVc3ZlVzUHc3ekRRaXVreTd4STh6LXE3emR5Q0FJcmp6RC11NHNJZ3E0STNfR1JnSFNFZkVxeEdqaTZRb1BMTVpycXBscXNqNEFfWE82RnpMSkdPRFczXzh1VXhheWdQdGRFa0lRTjhwUUJOX3RlbC1sRnhSMlZuSjNUdzcwU1psd1pUVWI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Carolina teen critically ill from rare brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, officials say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teen critically ill after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba often found in freshwater&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentTeen&#8217;s rare brain infection prompts NC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-755927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}