OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second such probable ...

WACO, Texas — Two Texas parents who lost their 7-year-old son to a brain-eating amoeba are sending a message to Central Texas families after local health officials confirmed on Friday that a New ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A child died Sept. 11 from a brain-eating amoeba after visiting a splash pad in Arlington, Texas. Tests confirmed the amoeba was found at the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad, ...

A very rare form of meningitis caused by a brain-eating amoeba is suspected in the death of a 24-year-old San Diego woman, public health officials confirmed Tuesday. Kelsey McClain died last week from ...

Kerala is battling a major outbreak of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), caused by the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri.

A summertime dip in a freshwater lake may be refreshing but also poses a threat due to bacteria. However, there's a easy way to stay safe and enjoy a swim.

Hurricane Katrina may be to blame for the infection of a New Orleans-area parish's drinking water supply with a deadly brain-eating amoeba, eight years after the storm and its aftermath ravaged the ...

Kerala has recorded an unprecedented 160 cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis this year. But for an infection with a death ...

Explore the alarming rise of amoebic meningoencephalitis deaths in Kerala and concerns over environmental contamination.

As sporadic cases of amoebic meningoencephalitis and related deaths continue to be reported from across the State, the Health department and the ICMR National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, are ...

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