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  • CNN HLN On the Story

    On the Story’s Lynn Smith interviews Shelly and Steve Smelski

    On The Story’s Lynn Smith interviews Shelly and Steve Smelski for the HLN documentary “Something’s Killing Me – Tiny Monsters,”…

  • MichaeLA’s Michaela Pereira interviews Shelly and Steve Smelski

    MichaeLA’s own Michaela Pereira, interviews Sebastian Deleon, Shelly and Steve about the documentary Something’s Killing Me and Sebastian’s recovery from…

  • CNN HLN

    CNN HLN’s “Something’s Killing Me with BD Wong

    Emmy® Award nominee BD Wong hosts the series that spotlights medical conundrums through the lens of documentary filmmaking. Season 2, Episode 1,…

  • Teen who survived brain eating amoeba reunites with doctor

    Boston25 News – Teen who survived rare brain-eating amoeba infection reunited with doctor who saved his life

    Teen who survived rare brain-eating amoeba infection reunited with doctor who saved his life Read the full story: Boston25 News,…

  • Amoeba survivor FOX35 News

    FOX35 News – Amoeba survivor shares story

      Florida Hospital for Children and The Jordan Smelski Foundation for Amoeba Awareness, in partnership with Florida Department of Health…

  • Humberto Liraino, left, makes comments during a news conference as Rajan Wadhawan listens at Florida Hospital

    Washington Post – Doctors credited the Smelski Foundation with raising the hospital’s awareness of Naegleria fowleri

  • Sun Sentinel – Teen who survived brain-eating amoeba ready to go back to school

    SunSentinel – Teen who survived brain-eating amoeba ready to go back to school

  • We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating Amoeba

    Outside Magazine – We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating Amoeba

    Outside Magazine published a story about Sebastian DeLeon. DeLeon had contracted Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba” while swimming in a body…

  • Amoeba Awareness - Jordan-smelski Foundation on 90.7 WMFE

    Amoeba Awareness Summit – Steve and Shelly Smelski on 90.7 WMFE

    http://www.wmfe.org/intersection-amoeba/63741

  • ABC News - Sebastian DeLeon Survives Brain Eating Amoeba - Naegleria fowleri Amoeba

    Sebastian Deleon survives the amoeba Naegleria fowleri

    We have compiled a list of the links from this week for the various articles, videos and TV coverage in light…

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