A young woman has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from an indoor swimming pool. The 30-year-old is believed to have caught Naegleria fowleri — which is fatal in 97 percent of cases ...

But Dr. Conrad had just heard of a new drug called miltefosine, which had been approved as an experimental treatment for N. fowleri. It was originally used to treat leishmaniasis, an illness ...

After four days of testing, they finally determined on Thursday that Stabile had contracted the rare Naegleria fowleri parasite, but it was too late to help. He died the next day, Sept.

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 ...

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 ...

Florida Department of Health tweeted, “Infection with Naegleria Fowleri is EXTREMELY RARE and can only happen when water contaminated with amoebae enters the body through the nose. You CANNOT ...

This little creature is called Naegleria fowleri, and it exists in bodies of raw, untreated freshwater – including the hot springs that some people have ironically attached curative properties to.