Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

It’s a single-celled parasite that can enter your body without you realizing it. Then this microscopic beast works its way to your brain, settles in and starts eating until it leaves you comatose. If ...

A man has been hospitalized with Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled amoeba that can cause deadly infections A Missouri resident is in the ICU with primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

(NEXSTAR) – The family of a 12-year-old boy who died in South Carolina this month have confirmed his cause of death to be an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri, more commonly referred to as a ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

A Missouri resident is in the ICU with primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an infection caused by the “brain-eating” amoeba Naegleria fowleri The patient had been waterskiing on the popular Lake ...