Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never ...

In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The ...

A common infection may reach the eye, trigger inflammation, and worsen memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

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A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. In the premiere of HBO's big budget ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered a new bat virus that they fear is already spreading in humans. The infection was spotted in people ...