Liz McLaughlin, WRAL Climate Change Reporter

Articles by Liz McLaughlin, WRAL Climate Change Reporter

Warming waters could expand brain-eating amoeba risk - WRAL

Health August 30, 2026

A central North Carolina teenager is critically ill with a disease that has long been associated with the hottest days of summer in the South: a brain infection caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleriοΏ½...

Mosquitoes are evolving to survive common backyard sprays - WRAL

Health July 30, 2026

Mosquitoes in Wake County are rapidly developing resistance to some of the most common insecticides used to kill them, forcing backyard-spraying companies to confront whether their own treatments mayοΏ½...