A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

(NEXSTAR) – The family of a 12-year-old boy who died in South Carolina this month have confirmed his cause of death to be an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri, more commonly referred to as a ...

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A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after public health officials announced that he had been infected The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of ...

WASHINGTON — A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing attention to the rare, but often deadly, situation. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed a ...

After a rare brain infection was confirmed in a Missouri resident, health officials warned recreationists across the state to assume the brain-eating amoeba that caused the infection is present in any ...

A specific bacterial infection during pregnancy that can cause severe harm to the unborn brain has been identified for the first time, in a finding that could have huge implications for prenatal ...