Free-living amoebas like Naegleria fowleri are emerging as a global health threat, with experts warning of deadly brain ...

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When people hear the term brain-eating amoeba, the reaction is almost always fear. News headlines, viral posts, and half-baked WhatsApp forwards make it sound like an everyday threat lurking in every ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. -- Health officials say there has been a confirmed case of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, in Hillsborough County, Florida. The amoeba is commonly found in warm ...

2021. A man in his fifties is admitted to hospital in San Francisco, California, after experiencing a seizure. He is disoriented, appears distracted and has difficulties with his speech. An MRI scan ...

Twenty-year-old Koral Reef's life was just beginning. She said yes to the dress and married her high school sweetheart. But Reef never got the chance to enjoy her happily ever after when she ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Following their 12-year-old son’s death from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, a family is now fighting for legislation and increased awareness about this issue. The Carr ...