Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...

How to avoid infection by a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Being infected with a brain-eating amoeba may not be on your list of potential threats ...

South Carolina recently confirmed a rare case of the notorious “brain-eating” amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, in a local river swimmer. As per reports, the Department of Health says the person was playing ...

WASHINGTON — A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing attention to the rare, but often deadly, situation. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) confirmed a ...