A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The ...

Jaysen Carr died nearly two weeks after he spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in Lake Murray, west of ...

The symptoms of neurocysticercosis will differ in severity, depending on the amount, size and location of the cysts in the ...

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

Brain-damaging infections, which are caused by tapeworm eggs accidentally ingested through undercooked food or fruits and ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an ...

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoebas. Infections are rare but can be deadly. What to know in ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

A new study by WashU Medicine researchers found that, in mice, histamine-releasing immune cells act as gatekeepers that protect the brain from infection.

The paper, ‘ A multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and early management of hospitalised patients with suspected acute brain infections in Brazil, India, and Malawi: an international ...

The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has been detected in some Louisiana waters. Here's what to know about brain ...