Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

OUACHITA PARISH, Louisiana -- Brain-eating amoebas have been detected in two water systems in Louisiana, the state's health department said Thursday. Health officials reassured residents that drinking ...

Headlines talking about someone getting infected with a brain-eating amoeba catch our attention. Researchers are warning they ...

Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but vanishingly rare. That framing is starting to look dangerously outdated. As the ...

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

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, ...

CHALMETTE, La. -- A community meeting was held in St. Bernard Parish on Tuesday to answer questions about a potentially deadly amoeba found in the parish's water system last week. The parish's water ...

(NEXSTAR) – Infections of brain-eating amoeba are on the rise — and the warming climate may only exacerbate the problem, according to one of the world’s preeminent experts on the subject. “Yes, we are ...

OUACHITA PARISH, Louisiana -- Brain-eating amoebas have been detected in two water systems in Louisiana, the state's health department said. Health officials reassured residents that drinking tap ...