A South Carolina hospital patient died from Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, likely contracted at Lake Murray. Infection occurs when the amoeba enters the nose and travels to the brain, often ...

>> WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SOMEONE HAS DIED FROM A RARE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA. 40/29’S JACOB MURPHY JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Experts in the Midlands and across the state weighed in Tuesday after officials confirmed a deadly case involving a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Prisma ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, lives in warm freshwater and can enter the nose during water activities. Infections are rare but often fatal, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

A person has died after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina, officials announced. A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while swimming in a reservoir. By Aishvarya Kavi A 12-year-old boy died last ...