Arkansas water park closes after girl gets deadly brain-eating amoeba

As reported by Wmctv.com, the Arkansas water park where a young girl got a brain-eating parasite has shut down. Kali Hardig, 12, came down with parasitic meningitis, a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba. She likely picked up at the Willow Springs Water Park in Little Rock. The infection has struck only 31 other people in the past 10 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control, all of those cases were fatal. The amoeba loves warm water, like lakes, rivers, and hot springs. Read Article