The family of a 12-year-old boy who died after contracting a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba in a South Carolina lake has come forward with a public statement, expressing heartbreak and urging ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – At least one person in South Carolina recently contracted a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally in freshwater, state health officials have confirmed. The ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as “brain-eating” amoeba, and the individual had been at the ...

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The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Typically, fewer than 10 cases of the infection are reported in the U.S. each year, the state ...

A woman in Texas died after contracting a deadly brain infection from a microscopic amoeba in tap water used for a nasal rinse, U.S. health officials have confirmed. The 71-year-old was reportedly ...

Ian A. Wright receives research and consulting funding from industry, local and state government bodies. One of the world’s most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a “brain-eating ...