You may have heard the term brain-eating amoeba, but what exactly is it? And does it actually eat your brain? The scientific name for this amoeba is Naegleria fowleri. It’s a tiny, single-celled ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County resident has died after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection, Austin Public Health (APH) announced on Wednesday. The public health agency said ...

Eleven-year-old Hannah Collins of Beaufort is believed to have contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba — Naegleria fowleri — after swimming in the Edisto River in Charleston County on July ...

A 4-year-old has been hospitalized after contracting amebic meningitis, a potentially deadly infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, in the second such case reported in Costa Rica this year.

CHARLOTTE -- Mecklenburg County and North Carolina state health officials told WSOC Wednesday morning that they were investigating the death of an Ohio teen who may have contracted a deadly amoebic ...

The recent tragic case of a 12-year-old boy in Feroke, Kerala, highlights a rare and deadly brain infection called Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM). This marks the third case of PAM in Kerala ...

DeBakey and Ochsner 4 analyzed 263 cases of amebiasis. They found that fever was present in 87 per cent, "liver pain" and tenderness in 89 per cent and hepatomegaly in 77 per cent of 36 patients with ...

Earlier, the Department had stated that only two deaths were confirmed as caused by the disease, while 14 were suspected. The clarification now confirms 17 fatalities. On September 12, two new cases ...

A 47-year-old man presented with a one-week history of fever (temperature up to 40.4°C), abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant and mild jaundice. He had no history of diarrhea. Apart from a ...

Meningitis causes swelling in the meninges, the protective membrane surrounding the spinal cord and brain. It is a serious illness that can be deadly. Treatment will vary depending on the type of ...