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Request everybody, don't take risk: Shashi Tharoor on rising cases of brain-eating amoeba in KeralaAmid rising concerns in Kerala, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has urged the public to avoid swimming in freshwater due to the increasing cases...
21 Sep, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
Brain-eating amoeba cases in Kerala: CMC Vellore explains its symptoms, risks, prevention and treatment for thisKerala is witnessing a surge in rare brain infections caused by "brain-eating amoeba," with improved detection contributing to increased ca...
20 Sep, 2025, 07.22 AM IST
Kerala’s brain-eating amoeba that enters through nose has 97% fatality rate; only 20 survived globally till dateKerala is facing a significant outbreak of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri....
19 Sep, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Brain-eating amoeba disease spreading in Kerala, 19 already dead: Check symptoms, treatment, and how to stay safeKerala confronts a health crisis due to rising PAM cases. This brain infection is caused by Naegleria fowleri. The state reports 69 cases i...
19 Sep, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Fresh case of amoebic encephalitis reported from Kerala's KozhikodeA new case of amoebic encephalitis has been confirmed in Kozhikode, Kerala, affecting a 43-year-old woman. This brings the total number of ...
28 Aug, 2025, 12.46 PM IST
Fatal brain-eating amoeba strikes US: What is Naegleria fowleri? Check symptoms, signs and treatmentA Missouri resident tragically died from a rare brain-eating amoeba infection contracted at Lake of the Ozarks. Health officials confirmed ...
24 Aug, 2025, 05.29 PM IST
Brain-eating amoeba kills 9-year-old in Kerala: How it enters the human body, symptoms, treatment, and precautionsBrain-eating amoeba symptoms and treatment: A nine-year-old girl in Kozhikode, Kerala, has died from amoebic encephalitis. This rare brain ...
18 Aug, 2025, 03.18 PM IST
Missouri reports rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection possibly linked to water skiingMissouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of th...
14 Aug, 2025, 07.57 AM IST
Another Kerala boy dies of rare brain eating amoeba: Here's all you need to know about the infectionKerala has reported its fourth case of amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, since Ma...
06 Jul, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
'Brain-eating' amoeba claims life of 14-year-old in Kerala, third death in two months: Here's all you need to knowBrain-eating amoeba: A 14-year-old boy, Mridul, has died from amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living "...
06 Jul, 2024, 10.59 AM IST
'Brain-eating amoeba' claims another life in Pakistan's KarachiKhalid Niaz urged the public to refrain from swimming in pools that have not been properly chlorinated. He further advised the public to av...
05 Nov, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
After swimming in Nebraska river in US, child dies due to 'rare infection'The child seems to have been killed due to a extremely rare infection caused by an amoeba that eats human brain cells. U.S. federal data su...
19 Aug, 2022, 09.11 PM IST