The free-living amoebae, also known as brain-eating amoeba, are becoming a growing global public health threat, warned a new ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

A newly identified amoeba can survive at the temperature of a medium-well steak. Plus, a distant lava planet shows signs of an atmosphere.

Naegleria fowleri, the so-called brain eating amoeba, has been blamed for three deaths so far this year in the United States. Now, health officials in Louisiana are keeping a close eye on two water ...

The free-living amoebae, also known as brain-eating amoebae, are becoming a growing global public health threat, warned a new ...

Amoebic meningoencephalitis caused more deaths than flu (influenza) and rabies in the state in 2025. The health department ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

A sharp rise in rare and fatal brain infections—from Kerala’s Naegleria fowleri cases to Japanese encephalitis across 11 ...

Rare infection suspected after child becomes critically ill. — -- Officials are investigating if a parasitic amoeba made a child critically ill after swimming in a Minnesota lake this summer. The ...

A Kansas girl is the latest victim of the deadly infection. — -- Kansas health officials are urging swimmers to take extra care in warm freshwater, which could be home to millions of microscopic ...