Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the ...

With this, the total number of patients currently under treatment for amoebic brain fever ... stagnant freshwater such as ...

Eight cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) & two fatalities reported this year, so far. There is nothing to be ...

A nine-year-old girl in Kozhikode, Kerala, has died from amoebic encephalitis. This rare brain infection is caused by amoeba ...

Early detection and treatment can be key to improving chances, but infections may go ignored — or be misdiagnosed — until ...

A health expert claims there is no “documented guideline” for treating a rare brain infection that the Department of Health ...

Washing your hands thoroughly and often—especially when you’ll be handling food or touching a wound or broken skin—is the ...

Following the death of a 9-year-old girl from amoebic encephalitis— a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by ...

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

An adult Missouri resident has been hospitalized after contracting an extremely rare “brain-eating” infection.

A Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, the Missouri Department of ...

One of the most dangerous microorganisms on Earth, Naegleria fowleri has a well-earned nickname as the "brain-eating amoeba," ...