Brain-eating-amoeba infections are extremely rare, but when they do strike, they are almost always deadly, killing around 97% of victims. Such infections are caused by free-living amoebas, such as ...

Kansas children died in 2011 and 2014 after being infected by the same type of waterborne, brain-eating amoeba that recently hospitalized a patient in Missouri. But officials say such infections are ...

Lake Mead visitors should exhibit caution when participating in water activities in the area as a rare, brain-eating amoeba could be present under the right conditions. Lake Mead National Recreation ...

If the phrase “brain-eating amoeba” sounds like something out of a sci-fi horror movie, you’re not alone. In Arizona, it’s a very real concern that lurks in warm fresh water during the hottest months.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced up ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

A recent case out of South Carolina has once again put the spotlight on a terrifying microscopic killer: the brain-eating amoeba. According to health officials, a child died after being infected with ...

An unidentified person in Arizona came down with an unknown illness that initially caused officials to suspect a diagnosis of Naegleria fowleri — commonly referred to as “brain-eating” amoeba — ...

WASHINGTON — A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing attention to the rare, but often deadly, situation. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...