In Iowa, it was forbidden to swim in the lake: a brain-eating amoeba was found there
A beach on the Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa, has been closed after a Missourian who recently swam in the lake tested positive for a brain-eating amoeba, reports the Independent. The amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri represents…
Ticks in the US are becoming more contagious and dangerous: rare fatal diseases among those bitten have become more frequent
A deadly tick-borne illness caused by climate change is spreading in the US, reports Grist. In early May, a woman in her 90s was hospitalized in Connecticut with a strange set of symptoms: confusion, nausea, chest pain, chills and fever. Two weeks later, 17...