Teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ just days after young girl succumbs to same rare infection

A North Carolina teenager has died from a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba found in warm freshwater, state health officials said. In a GoFundMe set up by the teen’s mother, she shared that his first symptom was "severe headaches." "I never imagined that something like this could be so serious," she said. BEACHGOERS WARNED AFTER DEADLY 'FLESH-EATING' BACTERIA KILLS 5 IN SOUTHERN STATE The illness is caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba (one-celled living organism) that inhabit