A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at Prisma Health Children's Hospital confirmed July 22 that they had a patient infected with the amoeba.

“There’s new scrutiny on the case that could have dire consequences for him,” says an insider.

The CDC reported that warming oceans have caused a rise in Vibrio vulnificus infections, particularly along the East Coast as the bacteria are able to move more north.