While it's very rare, it can be deadly – a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the 'brain-eating amoeba'. The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The 'brain-eating' part ...

It is a brain-eating amoeba that is exceedingly rare but nearly impossible to treat. Naegleria fowleri are amoeba that live in warm freshwater. It enters the body when contaminated water gets in ...

While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the "brain-eating amoeba." The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part ...

The young boy died due to an infection by a brain eating amoeba. He was under treatment for amoebic meningoencephalitis, a ...

When it’s not eating your brain. There’s a strange irony to the fact that a close relative of the brain-devouring amoeba species, Naegleria fowleri, could be the source of a greater understanding of ...

The Waroona Dam has been cleared of hosting a brain eating amoeba after a shock discovery of a related bug. The Shire of Waroona closed the dam — also known as Lake Navarino — earlier this ...