The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba in an effort to raise public awareness of the often fatal brain infection caused by ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may disrupt how carbon and nutrients are recycled in the ocean, potentially ...

Brain-eating amoebas are rare. But hot weather increases the risk. If you swim in freshwater lakes, there are a few things to know about the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.

On Reddit, a frustrated baker shared how his sister asked for a gender reveal cake but never gave him the gender—then blamed him when the cake was gray.

“1000-lb Sisters” star Tammy Slaton is officially engaged to Andrea Dalton! Slaton casually revealed the news during a Tuesday, June 24, appearance on the “Creative Chaos” podcast.

Tammy Slaton from '1000-Lb Sisters' is officially engaged to Andrea Dalton following their three-year romance and a prior low-key relationship ...

Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses -- pathogens that can cause severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease in ...

20 New Bat Viruses – Some “Cousins” Of Deadly Hendra And Nipah – Spark Fears Of Human Disease A new species of bacteria and a parasite were also discovered in bat populations in southwest ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over into livestock or even humans. Using genetic sequencing, researchers ...

Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses—pathogens that can cause severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease in ...