An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a ...

There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

New research uncovers the mechanics behind the skillful movement of the shelled amoeba ArcellaAn international team of researchers led by Hokkaido ...

A sharp rise in rare and fatal brain infections—from Kerala’s Naegleria fowleri cases to Japanese encephalitis across 11 ...

The brain-eating amoeba that sickened a Missouri resident who'd recently visited Iowa has been found in Northern states more often in recent years as air and water temperatures rise, according to the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) — A 71-year-old woman died after ...

A Seattle woman died after becoming infected with a brain-eating amoeba. The woman told her doctor she had used tap water in a Neti pot, instead of saline or sterile water, CBS affiliate KIRO reports.

Rare infection suspected after child becomes critically ill. — -- Officials are investigating if a parasitic amoeba made a child critically ill after swimming in a Minnesota lake this summer. The ...

The family of an Ohio teen that died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba during a Whitewater rafting trip last June recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Carolina recreation ...

Hally Yust is the latest victim of the freshwater amoeba Naegleria fowleri. July 16, 2014— -- When Shon Yust looked out at the guests in his backyard Monday night and noticed that no one was in ...