There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor ...

Naegleria fowleri, the "brain-eating amoeba" speeded up under a microscope. Driver of Tesla that went airborne in deadly Southern California crash identified ...

Light microscope image and illustration of a Thecofilosea amoeba with intracellular Legionellales bacteria ('Ca. Pokemonas kadabra'). The bacteria were stained red by so-called 'fluorescence in situ ...

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 ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - As Lake Waco’s water levels continue to drop and water temperatures stay above 80 degrees, this is a prime environment for brain-eating amoebas to flourish, increasing likelihood ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

The woman died from amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Balamuthia amoeba. Koral Reef Meister-Pierce is pictured here with her husband after being hospitalized. Courtesy Sybil Meister — -- A ...