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A Texas woman has died after using tap water in a nasal rinse She had developed an infection caused by a rare brain-eating amoeba Experts say only sterile or boiled water is safe for nasal rinses ...

A Texas woman died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from tap water used to clear out her sinuses. The 71-year-old, who was not identified, fell ill within four days of using a nasal irrigation ...

A woman died after contracting a rare brain infection from using tap water to clear sinuses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 71-year-old woman was at a campground in ...

A Texas woman of 71 died tragically from a brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the brain-eating amoeba. The source? A simple sinus rinse using tap water from her RV's ...

In a tragic case, a routine sinus rinse turned into a fatal encounter with a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri. The story comes out of Texas, where a healthy 71-year-old woman, likely ...

A Texas woman has died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after rinsing her sinuses with tap water, according to a new report. The report — published May 29 in the Morbidity and Mortality ...

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The ...