Under the microscope, one water-filled petri dish was teeming with round, reddish, immobile blobs — what vampyrellids look like after feeding. But nearby algae lacked telltale feeding holes.

But they need not have worried. Although it may leave a bad taste in the mouth, scientists have discovered that eating worms is good for you. They greatly reduce the symptoms of inflammatory and ...

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 ...

However, state health officials have officially ruled out “brain-eating” amoeba after an unknown illness prompted health warnings of the deadly disease. Officials with the Arizona Department ...

However, sometimes, we can encounter an unpleasant surprise in the form of a worm. Such a discovery can quickly spoil our ...

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 ...

A suspected cases of brain- eating amoeba infection lead to the death another man in Kerala's Kasaragod district. As per reports, the 38-year-old man was undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...

A child has died in Nebraska due to a suspected infection with a rare brain-eating amoeba, officials said Wednesday. The suspected cause of death is primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a ...

ANKENY, Iowa — As part of Adventureland’s Phantom Fall Fest, partakers and spectators gathered Saturday for the Phantom’s Worm Eating Contest. People lined up for a chance to partake but only the ...

An Indian teenager is now among a handful of people in the world to survive a rare brain-eating amoeba, partly due to his father coming across a public awareness campaign on social media.

Warning: This article is not for those with a weak stomach. Adventureland is hosting its second annual Phantom's Worm Eating Contest amid Iowa's largest Halloween event, Phantom Fall Fest.

ANKENY, Iowa — As part of Adventureland’s Phantom Fall Fest, partakers and spectators gathered Saturday for the Phantom’s Worm Eating Contest. People lined up for a chance to partake but ...