A rare and deadly brain infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba” has claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl in Kerala. Here’s what you should know about its causes, symptoms, and prevention.

A nine-year-old girl from Thamarassery, Kerala, succumbed to a brain infection. The infection was due to Naegleria fowleri. Health officials confirmed ...

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

This year, Kerala has reported eight confirmed cases and two deaths, including the one reported in Thamarassery in Kozhikode on August 14, due to the rare primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) ...

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

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of the Ozarks. The patient is hospitalized in intensive care.

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

Nine-year-old dies from rare infection caused by ‘brain-eating amoeba’ - Infant among two people critically ill with deadly ...

In a new conference Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina, Carr's parents said they wanted to bring awareness to the rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism.