But nearby algae lacked telltale feeding holes. Time-lapse photography confirmed the amoebas were vampyrellids. But they didn’t feed like other microscopic vampires. The unicellular blobs ...
A mother-of-one is revealing how she overcame her fear of water after nearly dying from a brain-eating amoeba she caught while swimming as a child. Kali Hardig from Arkansas, was 12 years old when ...
A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had ...
In July, Florida residents were told to swim with nose clips and avoid nasal contact with tap water after someone was infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba. Now, officials in Texas are testing ...
A two-year-old died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after visiting a hot spring in Nevada with his family, authorities announced on Thursday. Woodrow Turner Bundy's mother said that he died ...