Nearly 130 brain-eating amoeba cases have been reported in the United States since 1962, according to the CDC. "Every case that happens we learn a little bit more, and certainly in case of a survivor we try to gather as much information as we can to try to learn why they might have ...
How to stay safe from the brain-eating amoeba 01:03 A Nevada boy has died from a rare and often lethal brain infection that officials say he may have contracted while swimming in the eastern part of Lake Mead earlier this month, health officials said Wednesday. The boy, whose...
Naegleria fowleri is also known as the brain-eating amoeba because of the damage it can cause to the human brain. Article content An infection by the amoeba happens when it enters the body through the nose “during water-related activities” – such as splashing, swimming or submerging – an...