On Aug. 29, 2010, the Texas couple lost their 7-year-old boy, Kyle, who had been camping with them, his sister and two cousins. He contracted the amoeba while swimming in warm water. Advertisement ...

A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report.

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 ...

If you swim in freshwater lakes, here’s what to know about Naegleria fowleri amoeba. For example, the majority of infections in the U.S. happen in the summer.

The infection usually causes death within 12 days, according to the CDC. In the summer of 2011, Naegleria fowleri killed four people in Virginia, Florida, Kansas and Louisiana, all of whom had ...

How to Survive shares 3 vital survival steps if you encounter a brain-eating amoeba, a rare but deadly waterborne threat. Find out how to recognize symptoms early and what immediate measures to ...

A Florida teen has been battling an infection suspected to be caused by a rare, brain-eating amoeba for over 50 days, as his family prays for him to wake up, they said. Caleb Ziegelbauer, 13, was ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after using unboiled tap water in a sinus rinse, highlighting the dangers of unsafe nasal irrigation practices.

In a tragic case, a routine sinus rinse turned into a fatal encounter with a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri. The story comes out of Texas, where a healthy 71-year-old woman, likely ...

Infections with Naegleria fowleri, the so-called brain-eating amoeba, are extremely rare, but also extremely deadly. Only 146 cases have been reported in the U.S. since 1962, with only four ...

Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, poses a rare but deadly threat in warm, untreated freshwater during summer. Infections occur when contaminated water enters the nose, leading to a ...

But if you’ve heard reports about a “brain-eating” amoeba that lives in fresh water, you might be questioning how safe it really is to go for that dip.