North Carolina teen 'critically ill' after contracting same brain-eating amoeba that killed 8-year-old Louisiana girl

WASHINGTON — A rare illness contracted from a brain-eating amoeba has left a North Carolina teen in critical condition, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. 

Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba found in warm freshwater, has been identified as the source of the teen's illness by state health officials less than a week after an 8-year-old gir...