While extremely rare, Naegleria fowleri can lead to death — but there are precautions people can take to avoid contracting the amoeba Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE ...

The Florida Department of Health urged the public to only use sterile water or saline when doing a nasal rinse A Florida man has died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after rinsing ...

While not directly involved in the infection process of the plant, the amoeba is an important predator that forces the bacterium to evolve highly effective defense mechanisms in order to survive ...

The Health department provided Miltefosine medicine (a broad-spectrum anti-microbial used to treat free-living amoeba infections), and he recovered after three weeks of treatment. Early detection ...