A Texas woman died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after using tap water in a sinus rinse, a CDC report says. Here's what to know about the often fatal infection.

What does an amoeba look like? All living organisms can be broadly divided into two groups — prokaryotes and eukaryotes — which are distinguished by the relative complexity of their cells ...

Brain-eating-amoeba infections are extremely rare, but when they do strike, they are almost always deadly, killing around 97% ...

A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go swimming but stay safe.

WebMD explains what a brain-eating amoeba is, how it enters the body, how to prevent an infection with brain-eating amoeba, and more.

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go swimming but stay safe.

Neti Pots Linked to Eye, Brain and Spinal Cord Infections Caused by Amoeba in Water The CDC recommends people use distilled water instead of tap water, which is not sterile, for nasal irrigation ...

A man in southwest Florida died after becoming infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, which state health officials say was "possibly as a result of sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water ...

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically passed away last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia.

There have been increasing cases of infection by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri in northern states, possibly due to increased temperatures from climate change.

Reported cases of brain-eating amoeba have “significantly increased” over the past four to five years.