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 ...

Naegleria fowleri is a rare and lethal infection caused by brain-eating amoeba (aka PAM) that thrives in warm freshwater ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...