Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go ...

A 71-year-old woman in Texas died after using unboiled tap water from an RV for nasal rinsing, leading to a rare but fatal ...

A Texas woman tragically died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri after using untreated tap water for ...

A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report.

According to the CDC, Naegleria fowleri has three stages in its life cycle: cyst, trophozoites and flagellated forms. It's only active in the trophozoite stage. When its food supply or ...