South Carolina girl exposed to brain-eating amoeba faces bleak odds

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - An 11-year-old South Carolina girl has irreparable brain damage after contracting a rare, often-fatal infection caused by an amoeba from a river where she was swimming, according to a Facebook page set up on her behalf.

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