Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm freshwater, is rarely contracted but nearly always fatal, according to the CDC.

A child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...