Not especially, as contracting a brain-eating amoeba is exceedingly rare, according to data from the CDC, although it does note that “the amoeba may be present in any freshwater body in the ...

How rare is brain-eating amoeba infection? According to the CDC, about 10 people a year in the U.S. are diagnosed with the amoeba, but most die. About 164 infections were reported from 1962 to 2023.

The amoeba only lives in fresh water, so swimming in the ocean is not a risk, Lundstrom added. Naegleria fowleri thrives in warm water, growing best at temperatures up to 115°F.

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically died last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia. The death was reported last month, but the victim’s identity ...

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Brain-eating amoeba in water supply spurs Texas city to declare disaster after boy, 6, dies Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, can be contracted in warm water locations ...

Brain-Eating Amoeba Caused Nebraska Child’s Death, Health Officials Say Such infections are rare. From 2012 to 2021, only 31 cases were reported in the U.S., according to federal data.

It may take months for the water in a Texas city to return to normal after a brain-eating amoeba responsible for the death of a 6-year-old boy was found in its supply in September.

Kali Hardig, 12, who survived a rare and often fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba, talks to reporters at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., before being released on ...

Levels of the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which killed an Ohio teen, were unusually high in water samples taken from the U.S. National Whitewater Center and were probably caused by the ...

Louisiana officials say they identified for the first time a dangerous form of amoeba in a municipal water supply. It was found after a 4-year-old boy died of a brain infection caused by the amoeba.