A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

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

Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater, is rarely contracted but nearly always fatal, according to the CDC.

A child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...