Florida resident dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba from tap water

A Florida resident is dead after state health officials said they contracted a rare brain-eating infection, likely from tap water. The person, who has not been named, was a resident of Charlotte County, Jae Williams, press secretary with the Florida Department of Health told USA TODAY on Thursday. Williams said the person died last week from a microscopic amoeba called naegleria fowleri. The state health department did not release the exact day the person died. Health officials in Charlotte County, located just south of Sarasota, on Feb. 23, said a...