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Clairo has fully resurfaced, which could only mean one thing — indie pop is healing. The singer lent her talents to Beabadoobee, appearing on the track “Glue Song” and even released a song, “For Now,” ...

Many North Carolina residents have heard stories of "brain-eating amoebas" lurking in bodies of water. Is there any truth to these stories? Recent headlines have told the story of four Florida ...

Brain-eating-amoeba infections are extremely rare, but when they do strike, they are almost always deadly, killing around 97% of victims. Such infections are caused by free-living amoebas, such as ...

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) -- Some scientists predict brain-eating amoeba cases could grow since we’ve had record heat and water temperatures are increasing. The amoeba, naegleria fowleri, can enter the ...