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 ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, found in warm coastal waters, have caused deaths in North Carolina and Florida. Naegleria fowleri, known as the "brain-eating amoeba," lives in freshwater and can cause ...

Jace Tunnell holds up his hand with a Band-Aid, showing that he would not go in the water with an open wound to avoid an infection from Vibrio vulnificus, aka the “flesh-eating bacteria.” Could we get ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba infection at a South Carolina hospital, marking the state’s first known case of the devastating illness in nearly a decade. The patient succumbed to primary ...

A case of the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, was confirmed in South Carolina in early July. The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater and enters the brain through the nose, causing a ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

If the phrase “brain-eating amoeba” sounds like something out of a sci-fi horror movie, you’re not alone. In Arizona, it’s a very real concern that lurks in warm fresh water during the hottest months.

A Missouri resident died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials announced this week. The patient, identified only as an adult from ...

On the eve of Onam, the most joyous festival in India's Kerala state, 45-year-old Sobhana lay shivering in the back of an ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy who died in South Carolina this month have confirmed his cause of death to be an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri, more commonly referred to as a ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy who died after contracting a rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba in a South Carolina lake has come forward with a public statement, expressing heartbreak and urging ...