A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...

PEOPLE nationwide are falling victim to a deadly “brain-eating amoeba.” The parasite is also referred to by its scientific name Naegleria fowleri. Please provide ...

A two-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba in Nevada. Woodrow Bundy died from the Naegleria fowleri infection on Wednesday, his mother said. The boy is believed to have been exposed to the ...

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 ...

A child in Nebraska has died after developing a suspected infection from the so-called “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria fowleri, likely caught while swimming in a river. The Centers for Disease Control ...

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

Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, poses a rare but deadly threat in warm, untreated freshwater during summer. Infections occur when contaminated water enters the nose, leading to a ...

A 14-year-old boy died of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, at a private hospital in Kerala, according to state health ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects approximately 50 million people each year, causing nearly 70,000 deaths. In most cases, this shape-shifting amoeba causes only mild symptoms, ...