Teen's warning after contracting brain-eating amoeba at Florida beach

Teen's warning after contracting brain-eating amoeba at Florida beach

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After contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba after a day-trip with his family to a Florida beach, a 14-year-old boy is lucky to have survived the infection that has a 97 percent fatality rate. More than a year later, Caleb Ziegelbauer, of Port Charlotte, Florida, is still recovering from the…

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