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The Missouri patient who contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba has died, local officials confirmed. The patient passed away Tuesday at a hospital in the St. Louis, Missouri area, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The adult Missouri resident, whose personal information has not been released, had been waterskiing at a popular recreational spot in …

A person has been hospitalized in Missouri after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular local lake. No name or age has been released for the patient, but the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services stated that exposure likely occurred at the Lake of the Ozarks. They had been waterskiing at the popular …

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning residents and visitors about a dangerous bacterium that can cause a flesh-eating disease in a person who was swimming at a Cape Cod beach. A rare case of Vibrio vulnificus infection — a dangerous bacterium more commonly found in Gulf Coast states — was detected in a person who swam at a …

Local News The swimmer, described by officials as “an older individual,” went into the water at a Falmouth beach with an open wound. Old Silver Beach in Falmouth Diane Bair Massachusetts public health officials issued a warning Wednesday about the presence of a rare and potentially dangerous bacteria in the state’s coastal waters after a swimmer contracted an uncommon infection …

The state advisory sought to alert “residents and visitors to the potential danger of Vibrio bacteria in coastal waters,” according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Those who consume contaminated shellfish can also contract the disease, the advisory said, but no such cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts as of this year. The alert was prompted by the confirmation …

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SINGAPORE (AP) — The globe got its first look on Sunday at 12-year-old Chinese prodigy swimmer Yu Zidi, making her debut at the swimming world championships. She did not disappoint on the opening day of the eight-day competition in the pool in Singapore. Yu, who has been swimming astounding times in China, clocked 2 minutes, 11.90 seconds in the 200-meter …

New details about the circumstances of “Cosby Show” star Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death have emerged. The Red Cross in Costa Rica confirmed to The Times on Wednesday that its first responders also tended to another man in the same drowning incident that claimed Warner’s life on Sunday. The patient, whose identity was not disclosed, survived the drowning. Costa Rican Red Cross …

First responders in Costa Rica managed to revive a second swimmer in distress on Sunday using CPR, but were unable to save the life of The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. A statement from the Red Cross in the Latin American country says first responders received word on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. that two male …