North Carolina HHS: Rare Brain Infection, Death Linked to Swim in a Cumberland County Lake
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C., July 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release:
Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Cumberland County Department of Public Health are reporting that an individual died after developing an illness caused by an amoeba that is naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer. The individual became ill after swimming in Fantasy Lake Water Park in Cumb . . .
Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Cumberland County Department of Public Health are reporting that an individual died after developing an illness caused by an amoeba that is naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer. The individual became ill after swimming in Fantasy Lake Water Park in Cumb . . .