Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never ...

If the phrase “brain-eating amoeba” sounds like something out of a sci-fi horror movie, you’re not alone. In Arizona, it’s a very real concern that lurks in warm fresh water during the hottest months.

A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after public health officials announced that he had been infected The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of ...