The free-living amoebae, also known as brain-eating amoeba, are becoming a growing global public health threat, warned a new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a brain-eating amoeba killed a Nebraska child who went swimming in the Elkhorn River. The CDC confirmed on Friday that a child was infected by ...

A sharp rise in rare and fatal brain infections—from Kerala’s Naegleria fowleri cases to Japanese encephalitis across 11 ...

Only around 200 cases of brain-eating Balamuthia mandrillaris have been documented worldwide, but the infection is 90% fatal. Reading time 3 minutes An old drug used to treat urinary tract infections ...

Scientists are warning that a microscopic predator is quietly exploiting the world’s warming and aging water systems, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Infections of brain-eating amoeba are on the rise — and the warming climate may only exacerbate the problem, according to one of the world’s preeminent experts on the subject. “Yes, we are ...

A child in Nebraska died this week from a suspected infection of Naegleria fowleri. Commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri infections are "extremely rare, but nearly always fatal," ...

People can become infected when contaminated water enters the body, experts say. A Nevada child died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba in an "extremely rare" occurrence, the Southern ...

Officials warned parents to keep children from swimming underwater in lakes and ponds after two Tulsa boys died Friday from a rare water-borne disease. Health officials briefly closed three city pools ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Grieving parents of a 12-year-old who died after contracting Naegleria Fowleri, an amoeba in Lake Murray, spoke out for the first time. The family spoke in front of the media ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...