A new study shows that a devastating brain-eating amoeba has been detected in thermal waters at Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Its range could spread because of climate change ...

Naegleria fowleri, also known as "brain-eating amoeba," has been detected in several of the nation's most popular outdoor destinations, according to a recent study.

Naegleria fowleri, also known as "brain-eating amoeba", has been detected in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Lake Mead National Parks, according to a recent study.

COLUMBIA — An infectious disease expert with MU Health Care said that while a severe brain infection caused by an amoeba is often deadly, it is extremely rare. Christian Rojas Moreno said the way to ...

A new federal study has found a rare but dangerous “brain-eating amoeba” in warm recreational waters at several western national park sites — including the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a rare but nearly always fatal brain amoeba infection likely caught while water ...