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Warm freshwater linked to rare, often fatal infection in North Carolina teen

All headlines are identical, reporting the factual link between warm freshwater and a rare, fatal infection in a North Carolina teen.

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What happened Health officials say a teen in North Carolina is critically ill with a rare brain infection caused by an amoeba found in warm freshwater.
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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Aug 28, 5:59 PM

Warm freshwater linked to rare, often fatal infection in North Carolina teen

Warm freshwater linkedrare, often fatal infection

Health officials say a teen in North Carolina is critically ill with a rare brain infection caused by an amoeba found in warm freshwater.

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KABC / ABC7 Los AngelesNews report · Aug 28, 5:21 PM

North Carolina teen critically ill from rare brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, officials say

A central North Carolina teen is critically ill with a rare amoeba-related brain infection.

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Aug 28, 5:21 PM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.

Aug 28, 5:59 PM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 16 sources · 1 bucket.