Brain-Eating Amoeba From River May Have Caused Child’s Death – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 – The death of a child in Nebraska was likely caused by an infection with a “brain-eating amoeba” that occurred after the child swam in a local river, state health officials announced this week. In a news release, officials said it was the first such death ever […]
UNMC Mourns Surgeon Killed in Plane Crash
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha is mourning the tragic loss of one of their own. James Edney, MD, a professor emeritus in the department of surgery and former chief of the division of surgical oncology, died August 7 in a small plane crash in Minnesota, the medical school announced, citing a […]