Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Water at Several Western National Parks

Rare brain-eating amoeba found in water at several western national parks

Brain infections caused by Naegleria fowleri are incredibly rare but have a 98 percent fatality rate

How to Avoid Brain-Eating Amoeba on Your NPS Vacation

America's famous hot springs come with a little-discussed risk: a lethal amoeba that prefers the same warm waters humans flock to. A new study from the US Geological Survey and Montana State University found Naegleria fowleri —the so-called "brain-eating amoeba"—in more than a third of 185 samples taken from...

Brain-eating amoeba found in California national parks as experts issue warning

The dangerous organism, Naegleria fowleri, was detected in about one-third of the samples taken from national parks along the West Coast.