Amoebic meningoencephalitis occurs when brain tissue is infected by pathogens such as Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba, and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular lake. Jaysen Carr, a ...

Most cities and towns in Florida require a retention pond or two to be dug out and constructed whenever a new neighborhood is built. And there are plenty of new neighborhoods popping up across the ...

Officials warn against swimming in heated, stagnant bodies of water. Sept. 10, 2011 — -- A Kansas resident died last week from what was likely a rare infection by a brain-eating amoeba, after ...

It will be ideal beach day weather in Massachusetts this weekend, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s and 90s. But dozens of beaches across the state are closed for swimming because there is ...