Free-living amoebas aren’t just a threat to the brain. They can cause painful eye infections, particularly in contact lens users, skin lesions in people with weakened immune systems, and rare but ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many North Carolina residents have heard stories of "brain-eating" amoebas and "flesh-eating" bacteria lurking in bodies of water.
Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but ...
Researchers warn rising temperatures may increase deadly amoebae risks in lakes, pools, and water infrastructure worldwide.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The so called brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, killed a South Carolina boy early in July after swimming in a lake there.
Headlines talking about someone getting infected with a brain-eating amoeba catch our attention. Researchers are warning they ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died ...