Scientists have uncovered an intriguing link between infection and brain health, finding that a common bacterium in the eye appears to be linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. It's the ...

Brain infections caused by so‑called brain‑eating amoebas have long been treated as medical curiosities, terrifying but ...

Scientists are calling for urgent action on free-living amoebas – a little-known group of microbes that could pose a growing ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

A common respiratory infection appears in brains with Alzheimer's disease, reopening the debate about the origin of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The ...

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Lucknow: Washing hands, cleaning food ingredients thoroughly and drinking safe water can prevent worm infections in brain.

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. In the premiere of HBO's big budget ...

The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...