Investigation: Durham water feature likely source of teen’s deadly ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infection
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"Investigation: Durham water feature likely source of teen’s deadly ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infection" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Charlotte Observer, wdhn.com, CBS 17 and V 101.9 Charlotte. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (16)
- North Carolina teen who died from brain-eating amoeba was from Burlington wfmynews2.com · 23h ago
- Teen who died from brain-eating amoeba likely infected from community center water feature: Officials ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 23h ago
- Brain-eating amoeba that killed 17-year-old linked to a man-made creek, health officials say ABC7 Los Angeles · 23h ago
- Likely source of NC brain-eating amoeba that killed teen determined The Asheville Citizen Times · 23h ago
- Brain-eating amoeba that killed NC teen linked to water feature tied to man-made creek at Durham mental health facility ABC11 News · 1d ago
- Health officials identify 'likely source' of rare brain infection that killed NC teen WLOS · 1d ago
- Durham site tied to deadly ‘brain-eating’ amoeba case, NCDHHS says WECT · 1d ago
- NC identifies most likely source of brain-eating amoeba infection that killed teen Raleigh News & Observer · 1d ago
- Report points to ‘most likely’ source of brain-eating amoeba that killed North Carolina teen WBTV · 1d ago
- NC teen who died from brain-eating amoeba 'most likely' contracted infection in Durham: Officials WXII · 1d ago
- Deadly brain-eating amoeba traced to water at Durham nonprofit Axios · 1d ago
- NC teen dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba. Latest updates Charlotte Observer · 1d ago
- North Carolina teen dies of brain-eating amoeba infection wdhn.com · 1d ago
- Durham water feature ‘most likely source’ of brain infection-causing amoeba that killed teen, NCDHHS says CBS 17 · 1d ago
- Teen Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Central North Carolina V 101.9 Charlotte · 1d ago
- Investigation: Durham water feature likely source of teen’s deadly ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infection WRAL · 1d ago
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