Nearly 100 percent of people infected with "brain-eating" amoebas die. In an effort to cure the deadly infections, doctors are trying out new techniques and treatments with the hope of preventing ...

While extremely rare, Naegleria fowleri can lead to death — but there are precautions people can take to avoid contracting the amoeba Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE ...

Megan Ebenroth, 17, died on July 22 after contacting the amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri while swimming in a freshwater lake in Georgia. Her mom, Christina Ebenroth, confirmed her death to WRDW ...

The infection was identified as amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated water. This marked the third such death in ...

Folks lapse into a coma; there are abnormal movements of the eyes and a terrible cascade of events leading to the actual death of parts of the brain." Sherin said exposure to the amoeba can be ...

Naegleria fowleri is commonly called a brain-eating amoeba because it causes a brain ... often resulting in death. Symptoms, including fever, nausea, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance ...

Regional health officials say a Las Vegas-area boy died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead. [AP Photo] The death of a Las Vegas ...

He explained that the amoeba thrives in clean water during extreme ... was a resident of Gulshan-e-Iqbal. A report on her death has been sent to the Director General of Health, and authorities ...

Karachi has recorded its first death from Naegleria this year, with a 36-year-old woman from Gulshan-e-Iqbal succumbing to the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, Express News reported.