Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

As the temperatures rise and people go cool off in the water, the Brazos River Authority is making others aware of the dangers of amoeba found in Texas waterways. Naegleria fowleri, also known as the ...

A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death from Naegleria fowleri in the ...

PAM occurs when the Naegleria fowleri, i.e. the ‘brain eating amoeba’ enters the body through the nose, typically when ...

A South Carolina hospital patient died from Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, likely contracted at Lake Murray. Infection occurs when the amoeba enters the nose and travels to the brain, often ...

While health officials announced that they presume the amoeba in the fatal case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, to have come from Lake Murray, the lake does not have a higher risk of ...