Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

Work on a new park in the median of Broad Street promises to brighten up downtown Augusta. But it will be a pain to drivers and businesses, with lane closures ...

One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting in Sandersville on Sunday night. Community members in South ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

From marshes, rivers and the ocean, how susceptible are Lowcountry waters to brain-eating amoebas? Here’s what to know and how to stay safe.

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoebas. Infections are rare but can be deadly. What to know in ...

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

Levels of a brain-eating amoeba that killed an Ohio teenager at a water park were unusually high due to failure of sanitation system, says CDC.

The fatal brain-eating amoeba has struck once again, this time claiming the life of a 14-year-old star athlete.