Doctors believe a woman who died from rare brain-eating amoebas used tap water to rinse her sinuses. The 69-year-old Seattle resident died in February after undergoing brain surgery at Swedish Medical ...

SEATTLE. -- A 69-year-old Seattle woman died from what doctors said they believe were rare brain-eating amoebas. The patient, who underwent brain surgery at Swedish Medical Center, had used tap water ...

For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of deadly ...

For years, health experts have cautioned that nasal rinsing devices like neti pots, when used with untreated tap water, can expose people to a deadly “brain-eating” amoeba. The US Centers for Disease ...

It's officially allergy season, and many people are struggling with the sniffles, congestion, itchy eyes and more. In fact, 81 million people in the U.S. were diagnosed with seasonal allergies in 2021 ...