The Texas boy and Arkansas girl were the first survivors of the brain-eating amoeba since 1978. Between 1962 and 2022, there were 157 confirmed human cases of N. fowleri infection in the U.S ...

A 10-year-old girl from Bosque County, Texas has died after contracting a deadly and rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a fresh water river over Labor Day weekend. Lily Mae Avant died on ...

Brain-eating amoeba is most commonly found in warm fresh ... with more than half of all infections occurring in Texas and Florida,” according to the CDC. Naegleria is not found in salt water.

Image via Shutterstock A fun trip to the water park turned into a tragic situation that left a 16-month-old toddler dead.

Maryam died despite medical efforts, highlighting the concern over the presence of the brain-eating amoeba in the city's water. The deceased was admitted to the hospital on February 19 after ...

5-year-old girl in Kerala dies of infection caused by brain-eating amoeba after dip in a pond The girl had taken bath in a nearby pond on May 1 and by May 10 showed symptoms of fever, headache and ...

A Florida man has died from a brain-eating amoeba, state health officials have confirmed. The naegleria fowleri infection is thought to have been caused by the man rinsing his sinuses with tap ...