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Free-living amoebae—often referred to as brain-eating amoebae—are increasingly posing a global public health challenge, ...

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Amoebic meningoencephalitis caused more deaths than flu (influenza) and rabies in the state in 2025. The health department ...

“He said that he was going to wait until his 13th birthday to have a party, and we still have it, even though he’s not here," Jaysen Carr's mom said GoFundMe Jaysen Carr, 12, of Columbia, S.C., died ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Following their 12-year-old son’s death from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, a family is now fighting for legislation and increased awareness about this issue. The Carr ...

Sept 18 (Reuters) - An increase in cases of a rare but fatal form of encephalitis has put authorities in India's southern state of Kerala on alert, forcing them to step up testing to address what they ...

In the height of Texas heat, few things are more refreshing than taking a swim in a lake, river or spring. But as temperatures rise, so does an often-forgotten microscopic danger: Naegleria fowleri, ...