The Health department in Kozhikode has issued an alert against primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in the district in view of the reporting of three cases of the infection and a death here in ...

A nine-year-old girl in Kerala’s Kozhikode died from a rare brain infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba.

A nine-year-old girl in southern India died from a rare and often fatal infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba”, local ...

The disease is caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba.” This microorganism is usually found ...

A young girl from Kerala has fallen victim to the rare brain eating amoeba along with 2 other reported cases. What is this ...

Naegleria fowleri, also known as the 'brain-eating amoeba,' has been detected in drinking water supplies in Augathella and ...

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...

The average person shouldn't worry about brain-eating amoebas like the one recently diagnosed in the state, an MU infectious disease specialist said on Thursday.