A child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Typically, fewer than 10 cases of the infection are reported in the U.S. each year, the state ...

The so called brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, killed a South Carolina boy early in July after swimming in a lake there. Here's what you need to know about this highly deadly pathogen that ...

For most people, swimming in a lake or river is the best way to cool off on a hot summer's day. But there are more than frogs and fish in those waters – microscopic pathogens that can cause serious ...

A 12-year-old boy died after he contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a South Carolina lake. Jaysen Carr came into contact with the deadly amoeba Naegleria fowleri at Lake Murray, a large ...

Authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala have issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba more than doubled compared with last year.

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri resident is in intensive care after officials confirmed they had contracted a rare and deadly infection after swimming at the Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri Department of ...