Researchers are warning of the "urgent need" to address a growing parasitic population ...

Small and very mighty ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Community members continue to rally around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr — a student at Hand Middle School — died after being infected with an amoeba he contracted ...

Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...

The temporary closure of a beach in southern Iowa last week raised alarm among residents of the state and neighbouring Missouri amid reports of a rare “brain eating amoeba” in one individual. Primary ...

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 ...

The world is full of microbes, which have been competing with one another for space and resources since they arose. We are just beginning to learn about the vast numbers of microorganisms that we ...

>> WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SOMEONE HAS DIED FROM A RARE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA. 40/29’S JACOB MURPHY JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM TO ...

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 ...