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

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

One of the most dangerous microorganisms on Earth, Naegleria fowleri has a well-earned nickname as the "brain-eating amoeba," ...

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

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

A nine-year-old girl in southern India died from a rare and often fatal infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba”, local ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

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

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...

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

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

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of the Ozarks. The patient is hospitalized in intensive care.