A rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba was found in a drinking water supply in Louisiana, the first time it has ever been found in a water supply inside the United States. Residents of St. Bernard Parish are particularly worried, after a young boy from their community recently died from the disease. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.Sept. 18, 2013
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