"Brain-eating" amoebas kill nearly almost all of their victims, and a recent uptick in cases has heightened fears that they ...
The microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, and is usually fatal. Commonly found in warm freshwater, the amoeba enters the body through the nose. The DOH did not ...
A two-year-old died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after visiting a hot spring in Nevada with his family, authorities announced on Thursday. Woodrow Turner Bundy's mother said that he died ...
The amoeba is known to enter the human body through ... cases of infants locally and in places like Nigeria contracting the infection from bathwater. Since 1965, some 400 cases of PAM have been ...
Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.
A dangerous creature lurks in warm Texas lakes, rivers, springs, poorly maintained pools, and splash pads. It's also in the ...