The other two patients had died from the brain-eating amoeba. But Dr. Conrad had just heard of a new drug called miltefosine, which had been approved as an experimental treatment for N.

The young boy died due to an infection by a brain eating amoeba. He was under treatment for amoebic meningoencephalitis, a ...

A young boy who contracted an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a Northern California lake has died. He was 7. Late last month, David Pruitt of Tehama County was brought to the ...

5-year-old girl in Kerala dies of infection caused by brain-eating amoeba after dip in a pond The girl had taken bath in a nearby pond on May 1 and by May 10 showed symptoms of fever, headache and ...

A 10-year-old girl from Bosque County, Texas has died after contracting a deadly and rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a fresh water river over Labor Day weekend. Lily Mae Avant died on ...

Naegleria Fowleri, an extremely lethal and rare brain-eating infection causing amoeba, has been identified in South Korea. This amoeba is known to be found in warm freshwater and soil. Getting in ...

After being sick for several days after the visit, the toddler succumbed to a rare infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as The Brain-Eating Amoeba. But what is this amoeba and why is ...

South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency said that the first case of the disease which affects the brain had been detected ... by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, cannot be transmitted ...

Regional health officials say a Las Vegas-area boy died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead. [AP Photo] The death of a Las Vegas ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has yet to record any cases of "brain-eating amoeba" or Naegleria fowleri infection, but the public has been urged to stay vigilant and take appropriate ...