Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but ...
Researchers are warning of the "urgent need" to address a growing parasitic population ...
A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), higher than ...
Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...
Naegleria fowleri, commonly called the brain-eating amoeba, is a rare but serious threat in warm freshwater during hot months. The amoeba enters through the nose and travels to the brain, causing a ...
A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while swimming in a reservoir. By Aishvarya Kavi A 12-year-old boy died last ...
Parts of the Lassen Volcanic National Park in California’s Cascade Range resemble the gateway to a hellish underworld, with pools of boiling water and bubbling mud where almost nothing can live, due ...