Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, found in warm coastal waters, have caused deaths in North Carolina and Florida. Naegleria fowleri, known as the "brain-eating amoeba," lives in freshwater and can cause ...

The risk of getting a “brain-eating amoeba” or Naegleria fowleri from swimming is incredibly rare, with only 29 infections in the United States since 2013. But the freshwater amoeba is known for ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...

(WJW) — A 71-year-old woman died after developing a rare and deadly brain infection linked to using tap water from an RV’s water system at a Texas campground, federal health officials confirmed.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here in Central Florida. The patient, a young boy, died earlier ...

A person swims in the San Marcos in San Marcos, TX river during summer heat on Aug. 3, 2022. Every summer, you see the same kind of headline: "Person dies from a 'brain-eating' amoeba." You probably ...

A child died in Nebraska this week of a suspected infection of Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as a “brain-eating amoeba,” health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

A 14-year-old boy in India died Thursday from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba he contracted while swimming in contaminated water. The teen, named Midrul, had reportedly picked up the ...

An unidentified person in Arizona came down with an unknown illness that initially caused officials to suspect a diagnosis of Naegleria fowleri — commonly referred to as “brain-eating” amoeba — ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — One person has died in South Carolina after recently contracting a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally in freshwater, state health officials have ...