Scientists across the world are raising alarm over the dangers of free living amoebae flowing in water systems. The bacteria ...

It’s a single-celled parasite that can enter your body without you realizing it. Then this microscopic beast works its way to your brain, settles in and starts eating until it leaves you comatose. If ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of ...

HOUMA (AP) — A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found again in Terrebonne Parish. The Courier reports independent testing returned positive results for Naegleria fowleri, which causes ...

Climate change and warming water systems may be driving a global rise in deadly brain-eating amoebae, a new study warns, raising concerns for water safety and public health worldwide.

As global temperatures rise, scientists warn that a deadly microbe once confined to warm waters may be quietly expanding its ...

LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of Lake Jackson in Brazoria County, south of Houston, are being warned not to use their tap water because a brain-eating microbe could be inside it. On Friday, ...

LAKE JACKSON, Texas (KXAN) — Residents of Lake Jackson in Brazoria County, south of Houston, are being warned not to use their tap water because a brain-eating microbe could be inside it. On Friday, ...