Pakistan reports second ‘brain-eating amoeba’ death of 2014
For the second time in two weeks and the second time this year, Pakistani health officials are reporting a “brain-eating amoeba” death in a Karachi-area resident. Pakistan map Photo/CIA Pakistani news More...
Pakistan reports Naegleria fowleri death in Karachi man
Pakistan, which recorded an outbreak of the “brain-eating” amoeba, Naegleria fowleri in 2012, which killed 10 people, has recorded it’s first case and fatality in 2014 in a man from Karachi, More...
Pakistan: Karachi teen dies from ‘brain-eating amoeba’
Just a day after Karachi Metro-politan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Hashim Raza Zaidi directed the Health department and Water Board to take steps in water cleanliness and public awareness, Dawn.com reports More...
Karachi official orders health dept. to initiate a public awareness campaign over Naegleria
While addressing a combined meeting of KMC and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board about Naegleria, Karachi Metro-politan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Hashim Raza Zaidi directed Health Department to launch a public More...
Pakistan reports eighth death due to ‘brain-eating amoeba’ this year
An eighth person, a young male student, has died from the deadly waterborne parasite since May in Pakistan, according to a Dawn.com report Saturday. Image/CDC “A senior physician from the hospital has informed More...
