India's Kerala battles deadly 'brain-eating disease'

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Nineteen people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala in 2025 from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a severe brain infection also known as a brain-eating amoeba, the state’s Health Minister Veena George confirmed. George said a total of 69 cases have been reported this year. The state has put out an alert as the disease is spreading, state broadcaster DD News reported. The