Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

Free-living amoebas like Naegleria fowleri are emerging as a global health threat, with experts warning of deadly brain ...

Neti pots are pictured in Lexington, Ky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 13, 2024, published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to use of Neti ...

A child has died from a suspected infection with Naegleria fowleri – or brain-eating amoeba – in Nebraska, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the first known death from it in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second ...

People can become infected when contaminated water enters the body, experts say. A Nevada child died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba in an "extremely rare" occurrence, the Southern ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. NEW YORK — For years, scientists have known ...