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Amoeba Alert: Race to Stop Deadly Infection | Durham News
A deadly amoeba outbreak in North Carolina has left a teen critically ill, sparking an urgent investigation as officials scramble to find the source — a rare organism that invades the brain through the nose and is nearly impossible to detect in water. Testing is expensive, slow, and rarely done, but researchers are racing to develop a cheap, fast test. For families like Debra Moffat’s, who lost her son to this infection in 2021, the tragedy underscores why awareness matters more than ever. Their nonprofit, Amazing Aven’s Quest for Amoeba Awareness, has raised over $1.2 million to educate the…
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