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

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

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

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

The amoeba entered his brain through his nose, possibly when he jumped into Lake Murray, near Columbia, South Carolina. The CDC said 167 cases of the infection have been reported in the U.S. between ...

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

There are evolutionary reasons why the immune system may have evolved to overreact in this way (panic attacks are another ...

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 case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

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

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain ...