The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal rinse, as the CDC highlights potential risks.

A Texas woman died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after using tap water in a sinus rinse, a CDC report says. Here's what to know about the often fatal infection.

Brain-eating-amoeba infections are extremely rare, but when they do strike, they are almost always deadly, killing around 97% ...

Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, poses a rare but deadly threat in warm, untreated freshwater during summer.

Brain-eating amoeba is a free-living amoeba that can cause a rare but deadly infection and the risk increases in areas such ...

Chiang Mai University alerts public to brain-eating amoeba in natural water, urging caution and preventive measures.

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically died last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia. The death was reported last month, but the victim’s identity ...

Brain-eating amoeba-linked death highlights new climate risk. By Ariel Wittenberg | 10/25/2022 01:18 PM EDT . Climate change-induced warming means the amoeba can now be present in areas of the ...

A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.

The amoeba cannot survive in salt water and cannot spread from one person to another. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not good for naegleria fowleri, which carries a 97% mortality rate. 4 ...

The amoeba can’t infect people if swallowed and isn’t spread from person to person. Once in the brain, it causes an illness known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

Infections from brain-eating amoeba are extremely rare: From 2012 to 2021, only 31 cases were reported in the U.S., according to the C.D.C. An infection, however, almost always leads to death.