Health officials in Nevada suspect a child died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from natural hot springs. According to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, the child could have ...

A 10-year-old girl has died after her family says she contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river near her home in Central Texas. Lily Avant, of Whitney, died nearly a week after ...

The Missouri patient who contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba has died, local officials confirmed. The patient passed away Tuesday at a hospital in the St. Louis, Missouri area, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the “brain-eating” amoeba has died. That individual had been water ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Two children have died this week ...

A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death from Naegleria fowleri in the ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed. The person, who has not been publicly ...

UPDATE (10:00 A.M.) – Lily Mae Avant, the 10-year-old girl who contracted a brain-eating amoeba, died Monday morning, according to our sister station in Dallas NBC5. Lily contracted the amoeba by ...

WACO, Texas -- A 10-year-old girl who was hospitalized after she contracted a brain-eating amoeba has died. Lily Mae Avant died early Monday morning, her family confirmed. Lily's family told WFAA the ...

WACO, Texas -- A 10-year-old girl who was hospitalized after she contracted a brain-eating amoeba has died. Lily Mae Avant died early Monday morning, her family confirmed. Lily's family told WFAA the ...