An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have ...

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 ...

Neti pots are pictured in Lexington, Ky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 13, 2024, published a report that for the first time connects Acanthamoeba infections to use of Neti ...

Scientists across the world are raising alarm over the dangers of free living amoebae flowing in water systems. The bacteria ...

A 12-year-old boy, Jaysen Carr, who had spent a joyful Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in South Carolina's popular lake called Lake Murray, was tragically found dead two weeks later.

A child has died from a suspected infection with Naegleria fowleri – or brain-eating amoeba – in Nebraska, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the first known death from it in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second ...