The amoeba cannot survive in salt water and cannot spread from one person to another. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not good for naegleria fowleri, which carries a 97% mortality rate. 4 ...

PAM is a very bad thing. Not PAM the cooking spray or Pam from The Office but PAM as in primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. This condition can occur when Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba, goes ...

A man died after he was infected by the amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria fowleri, the Georgia Department of Public Health said Friday. Earlier this month, Nevada public health officials ...

How to stay safe from the brain-eating amoeba 01:03. Naegleria fowleri, the so-called brain eating amoeba, has been blamed for three deaths so far this year in the United States.Now, health ...

A brain-eating amoeba that lurks in fresh water has prompted warnings from Kansas officials after it killed a 9-year-old girl.

A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.

The 12-year-old Arkansas girl suffered from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri. Kali contracted the infection after swimming in a water park in July.

PICTURES - Brain-eating amoeba: How to stay safe from Naegleria fowleri. Courtney Nash, 16, fell ill and died of the rare disease after swimming in a river that harbored the infectious microbes, ...