Courtney Jean Nash Foundation, Inc.

09/26/2020

DO NOT USE! That's the warning from state environmental authorities for water customers in at least eight communities.

09/26/2020

BE AMOEBA AWARE!!
Naegleria Fowleri found in the water system...
We don’t have all the details but this sure looks like the amoeba was found in the Texas water system.

BE CAUTIOUS and check the comments

09/26/2020

Should have shared this some time back as I learned about it through KyleCares on 9/6/20

The parents of a 13-year-old boy who died after a sudden illness are hoping to make a difference after their son’s tragedy.

01/25/2017

https://www.outsideonline.com/2135236/we-may-have-cure-brain-eating-amoeba

N. fowleri is a microscopic single-celled organism native to the warm, fresh waters of the Americas and Australia; it usually feeds on harmless bacteria present in freshwater muck. Human infections are exceedingly rare, but when N. fowleri is inhaled through the nose, the amoeba will ravenously eat…

08/24/2016

Doctor gets emotional talking about patient who beat the odds to survive an infection that's almost always deadly

08/23/2016

A Florida teenager diagnosed with the brain-eating amoeba was treated at Florida Hospital in Orlando, and despite the odds, he survived.

08/23/2016

A South Florida teen infected with the deadly "brain-eating" amoeba while swimming in Broward County has miraculously survived, becoming just the fourth known victim to survive in 50 years.

08/22/2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/health/florida-brain-eating-amoeba/index.html

An unidentified patient in Florida is being treated after becoming infected with a brain-eating amoeba, according to the Florida Department of Health.

08/22/2016

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-brain-eating-amoeba-cure-20160819-story.html

The deadly brain-eating amoeba that infected a swimmer in Broward County this month typically appears in the press as a rare, freakish germ.

08/07/2016

Hannah Collins, the 11-year-old girl who contracted a brain-eating amoeba last month after a swim in the Edisto River, died Friday night, according to The Post and Courier.

08/03/2016

http://m.wyff4.com/news/CDC-confirms-SC-patient-with-brain-eating-amoeba/41022068

The Centers For Disease Control has confirmed there is a South Carolina patient with naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can infect the brain.

08/03/2016

http://myfox8.com/2016/08/02/south-carolina-patient-has-rare-brain-eating-amoeba-cdc-confirms/

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. — A patient in South Carolina has tested positive for Naegleria fowleri, the so-called “brain-eating amoeba,” The Centers for Disease Control confirmed in a stat…