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

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

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