Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here in Central Florida. The patient, a young boy, died earlier ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – At least one person in South Carolina recently contracted a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally in freshwater, state health officials have confirmed. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

A Texas woman has died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba after using tap water to clear out her sinuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. The 71-year-old ...

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 ...

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 10-year-old girl has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba with a 97% fatality rate. The girl swam in the Brazos River and Lake Whitney in Bosque County near Waco over Labor Day weekend, ...

Under the microscope, one water-filled petri dish was teeming with round, reddish, immobile blobs — what vampyrellids look like after feeding. But nearby algae lacked telltale feeding holes.