In a follow-up to a status report yesterday morning, it is reported that 14-year-old Hunter Boutain has died at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis yesterday. A family spokesperson...

In a follow-up to a report of a Minnesota teen who is believed to have contracted the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri, family members say he is mostly unresponsive. The patient, now...

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Minnesota health officials are investigating a case of suspected primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in a critically ill child. PAM is a very rare and severe brain infection caused by an ameba called...