Here's a grim reminder about nasal irrigation safety: a 71-year-old Texas woman is dead after using RV campground tap water in her sinus rinse device, reports CBS News. The CDC reports she contracted ...

A Texas woman has died from a brain-eating amoeba infection, which she contracted after using tap water from an RV to clean out her sinuses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

The 71-year-old woman died 8 days after symptoms began Getty A healthy Texas woman, 71, developed primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) due to Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba She ...

A woman in Texas has died after contracting a fatal brain amoeba from contaminated water. The patient, 71, had used a nasal irrigation device filled with unboiled tap water from an RV’s water faucet, ...

As this brain-eating Naegleria fowleri can be found in warm freshwater and untreated tap water, the CDC recommends the use of distilled, sterile, or boiled and cooled tap water for nasal irrigation.

WASHINGTON — Health officials are warning the public about the risks of nasal rinsing after a Texas woman died from a rare brain infection after using tap water in nasal rinse. According to a report ...

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after cleaning her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The woman, ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...