A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

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

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Investigators believe the victim was likely exposed to the amoeba at the splash pad at the Country Club of Little Rock.

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With less than 10 cases per year, it's unlikely you'll be infected by Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

There have been increasing cases of infection by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri in northern states, possibly due to increased temperatures from climate change.

Expert on how the deadly infection brain-eating amoeba enters your body, symptoms and treatment.

The brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri was found in an Iowa lake and a Nebraska river for the first time this year, after two swimmers died.

The death of a Nevada boy who contracted brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead this fall is highlighting how climate change can fuel the spread of the usually rare infection. Naegleria ...