A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her ...

OUACHITA PARISH, Louisiana -- Brain-eating amoebas have been detected in two water systems in Louisiana, the state's health department said Thursday. Health officials reassured residents that drinking ...

Scientists have identified a single-celled eukaryote thriving in the steaming pools of Lassen Volcanic National Park, challenging long-held beliefs about the thermal limits of complex life. Named ...

LAKE JACKSON, Texas — An investigation into a 6-year-old boy's death led to a brain-eating amoeba being detected in the Lake Jackson city water supply, officials confirmed Saturday. Josiah McIntyre ...

Computer-generated representation of the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which causes deadly brain infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The facility that hosted U.S. Olympic canoe and kayak trials has temporarily suspended operations after a deadly brain-eating amoeba was found in the water. The U.S. National Whitewater Center, which ...

A 10-year-old girl has died after her family says she contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river near her home in Central Texas. Lily Avant, of Whitney, died nearly a week after ...

India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala. One of the world's most ...