Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naegleria fowleri, the "brain-eating amoeba" speeded up under a microscope. Pam Bondi has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Why ...

Naegleria fowleri seen under a microscope. A 2-year-old boy who visited a hot spring died of a brain-eating amoeba, Nevada health officials and the boy’s mother say. Photo from Centers for Disease ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba." Infection occurs when water containing ...

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 ...