Cases are very, very rare, but are almost always deadly.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

(WJW) — A 71-year-old woman died after developing a rare and deadly brain infection linked to using tap water from an RV’s water system at a Texas campground, federal health officials confirmed.

With 133 cases and 33 deaths already reported this year, health experts attribute the sharp rise largely to aggressive testing, while also pointing to poor water quality and Kerala's tropical conditio ...