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An eight-year-old girl from Louisiana, Kaiden Bennett, has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local freshwater lake. The nearly always fatal Naegleria fowleri thrives in warm summer waters and enters through the nose, causing rapid brain destruction. Health officials urge preventive measures like nose clips.
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Eight-year-old Lillian Smart died at a Louisiana hospital after developing a rare brain infection linked to Naegleria fowleri, a 'brain-eating' amoeba. Health officials believe the infection was acquired while swimming in Lake Claiborne. Her family confirmed her death, saying her brain injuries were too severe for her body to recover.
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