Brain-eating amoebas thrive in US lakes as global warming heats waterways

Brain-eating amoebas thrive in US lakes as global warming heats waterways | The Verge: "It’s a fatal infection without an effective treatment, and one that strikes in a decidedly gruesome manner: An amoebic organism lurking in water is inadvertently inhaled during a swim on a hot summer’s day. From there, it travels through the nasal passage and into the brain, where it multiplies, devours one’s cerebral fluid and gray matter, and almost invariably causes death."