The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, rivers and hot springs, the CDC states. It is usually called the brain-eating ...

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

Climate change has brought on many environmental complications, including the increasing presence of a brain-eating amoeba in ...

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed that a child who contracted a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month has died. The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed a case of ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

Naegleria fowleri is a single-celled organism primarily found in warm freshwater and soil, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s very commonly found in nature, in soil or ...

Rare brain-eating amoeba killed South Carolina's 12-year-old boy after spending a joyful Fourth of July in a popualar lake ...

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon.

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoebas. Infections are rare but can be deadly. What to know in Mississippi.

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection after swimming in Lake Murray.