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Lillian Smart's family says the 8-year-old's brain injuries were too severe to survive after contracting Naegleria fowleri while swimming in a lake.
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Lillian Smart's family says the 8-year-old's brain injuries were too severe to survive after contracting Naegleria fowleri while swimming in a lake.
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Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne. Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page. Continue reading...
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Louisiana girl, 8, dies after contracting suspected brain-eating amoeba linked to lake swim.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — UK and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from The Guardian US (Aug 23, 2026, 22:17 UTC); the most recent came from Fox News (Aug 24, 2026, 00:50 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 8 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “brain eating amoeba”.
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