Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...

Brain-eating amoebas have taken up residence in Tucson's water supply as recent tests have shown their presence in 12 wells.