India, June 7 -- Another person has died of Naegleria fowleri, a violent brain-eating amoeba, in Texas this time. Earlier in March, a woman in Karachi became the first victim of the same in 2025.

The woman, a generally healthy 71-year-old, began experiencing severe neurological symptoms-such as fever, headache, and altered mental status-four days after using tap water from her RV's water system to fill a nasal irrigation device at a Texas campsite, according to the CDC report.

The patient hadn't been swimming or spending time in fresh water, but she did use a nasal rinse a few times with unboiled water from the RV's tap during the four days before she got sick. This pointed to two possible sources of the water she used. First, the RV's ...