Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

The family of a 12-year-old South Carolina boy who died after contracting a rare infection associated with Naegleria fowleri ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

"The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was made aware of Naegleria fowleri in our state on the week of July 7.

Attorney and Columbia City Councilman Tyler Bailey was hired by the family to independently investigate the child’s death.

The parents of Jaysen Carr are calling for freshwater testing and public alerts after their son died of a brain infection ...

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

Naegleria fowleri can make its own nutrients, but still forages soil or water for food from bacteria, fungi and other organisms. That is how problems can arise for freshwater swimmers, Rice said.

Naegleria fowleri is common in the environment but infections are extremely rare, said Emma H. Wilson, a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of California at Riverside.

But Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, said that Naegleria fowleri shouldn’t cause you to change your summer plans. “There’s only been about 120 ...