On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of deadly amoeba to nasal rinsing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba ...

While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the "brain-eating amoeba." The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part ...

Most arrivals released home, nine children hospitalized for observation and testing due to potential symptoms of rare infection by deadly amoeba.

“In this hot weather, people should assume that any warm fresh water could contain this potentially deadly amoeba,” said Western Australia Health’s managing scientist of water, Nathan Cock ...

While it’s very rare, it can be deadly – a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the “brain-eating amoeba”. The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The “brain-eating ...