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Kerala on Alert: 23 Lives Lost to Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba

#Gravitas Kerala is grappling with a sudden surge in cases of a deadly brain-eating amoeba, sending alarm through the southern state. In the past few weeks, health authorities have recorded at least 104 cases of amoebic encephalitis, commonly called brain fever, with 23 fatalities confirmed so far.