Brain-eating amoeba's early symptoms include headache, fever, nausea and vomiting, which usually start about 5 days after ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

The brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating-bacteria are known to thrive in warm water environments. The brain-eating amoebas are more commonly found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers, while the ...