- An 8-year-old girl from Ruston, Louisiana, died after contracting the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, believed to have been picked up while swimming in Lake Claiborne.
- The amoeba is extremely rare but usually fatal, infecting when contaminated freshwater enters the nose — experts warn warming waters may be expanding its range.
- The local community rallied with fundraisers and tributes as family and friends mourned the joyful little girl.
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