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 ...

A 14-year-old from the Kerala town of Kozhikode, who was under treatment for an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba, lost his life on Wednesday. The infection was identified as amoebic ...