Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...

One of the world’s most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a “brain-eating amoeba”, has recently been detected in two drinking water supplies in south-west Queensland. Both affected ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

Imagine being told, by your water provider, to be careful how you use your water because it could kill you. That's been happening in parts of Louisiana after state regulators found a deadly amoeba ...

A 71-year-old woman died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after cleaning her sinuses with unboiled tap water from an RV at a campground in Texas. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is rare but often ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

The potentially deadly amoeba, commonly called the “brain-eating” amoeba, was found in St.Bernard Parish’s water supply for the second time in two years. The parish is about five miles outside of New ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri ...