A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report.

WACO, Texas — The BSR Surf Resort in Waco voluntarily closed its wave pool Sunday for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to test the water after a surfer who visited the pool died from ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A child died Sept. 11 from a brain-eating amoeba after visiting a splash pad in Arlington, Texas. Tests confirmed the amoeba was found at the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad, ...

A Missouri resident has been infected with a rare and usually fatal brain-eating amoeba, possibly linked to recent water-skiing activity at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to state health officials.

Amoebic meningoencephalitis caused more deaths than flu (influenza) and rabies in the state in 2025. The health department figures showed that the number of cases leapfrogged in 2025; from 39 cases in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child died from a rare ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm ...