A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at Prisma Health Children's Hospital confirmed July 22 that they had a ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba infection at a South Carolina hospital, marking the state’s first known case of the devastating illness in nearly a decade. The patient succumbed to primary ...

A 14-year-old boy in India died Thursday from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba he contracted while swimming in contaminated water. The teen, named Midrul, had reportedly picked up the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

UPDATE: Officials have since confirmed the person infected with the amoeba has died. Click here for an updated web story. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) ...

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ORLANDO, Fla. – A deadly case of brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina is bringing renewed national attention to a test developed right here in Central Florida. The patient, a young boy, died earlier ...

The so called brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, killed a South Carolina boy early in July after swimming in a lake there. Here's what you need to know about this highly deadly pathogen that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — One person has died in South Carolina after recently contracting a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally in freshwater, state health officials have ...

A woman in Texas has died after contracting a fatal brain amoeba from contaminated water. The patient, 71, had used a nasal irrigation device filled with unboiled tap water from an RV’s water faucet, ...

A Missouri resident has been infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, possibly linked to water-skiing in the Lake of Ozarks. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) confirmed the ...

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 ...