A 9-year-old girl from Kozhikode, Kerala, died of amoebic encephalitis caused by the rare “brain-eating” amoeba Naegleria ...

Naegleria fowleri, also known as the 'brain-eating amoeba,' has been detected in drinking water supplies in Augathella and ...

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a deadly brain-eating infection after possibly waterskiing in a local lake. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said that the patient ...

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

Rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ detected in drinking water supplies in Australia - Naegleria fowleri is one of the world’s most ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...

The average person shouldn't worry about brain-eating amoebas like the one recently diagnosed in the state, an MU infectious disease specialist said on Thursday.