Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

Naegleria fowleri, the "brain-eating amoeba," has claimed another victim, health officials announced last Thursday. Louisiana's Department of Health & Hospitals said in a Sept. 5 statement that ...

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) ...

Climate change-induced warming means the amoeba can now be present in areas of the country where it didn’t used to be and has extended the amoeba’s life span past the summer months. The death of a ...