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Brain-eating amoeba that can tolerate high temperatures and disinfectants like chlorine is spreading fast in drinking water globally: Study- Amoebic meningoencephalitis: 23 deaths reported in Kerala, says state health minister
- Request everybody, don't take risk: Shashi Tharoor on rising cases of brain-eating amoeba in Kerala
- 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
- Kerala: Amebic Meningoencephalitis death toll on the rise, 17 out of 66 infected people deadKerala Health Department has revised figures on Amebic Meningoencephalitis cases and deaths in the state. As per the latest update, so far ...13 Sep, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
- Kerala reports sixth death from rare brain-eating infection: What you need to knowA rare and deadly brain infection, amoebic meningoencephalitis, has claimed another life in Kerala, bringing the death toll to six in the p...11 Sep, 2025, 12.41 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
- 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
- Rare brain eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri kills woman: How a tiny amoeba in tap water can kill you and how to stay safeBrain Eating Amoeba: A 71-year-old woman in Texas died after using unboiled tap water from an RV for nasal rinsing, leading to a rare but f...07 Jun, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
- Deadly brain-eating amoeba kills Texas woman: how to be safe?A Texas woman tragically died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri after using untreated tap water for nasal irrigation....06 Jun, 2025, 08.02 AM IST
- 'Brain-eating' amoeba claims life of 22-year-old in Pakistan's Karachi, makes it third such case this yearA 22-year-old man in Karachi, Pakistan, has died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), marking the third fatality from the diseas...14 Jul, 2024, 07.17 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
- What is brain-eating amoeba, which killed Texas man after swimming in Lyndon B. Johnson Lake?A man, who went to swim in Lyndon B. Johnson Lake, got infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, and died. Kn...02 Sep, 2023, 01.24 AM IST
- US: Brain-eating amoeba kills 2-year-old in Nevada. Check symptoms, key detailsA 2-year-old boy in Nevada died from a rare brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. Naegleria fowleri infections are rare, ...22 Jul, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
- US man dies from brain-eating infection in Florida. Details hereAlmost 97 per cent of those who caught Naegleria fowleri between 1962 and 2021 died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...02 Mar, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
- South Korea reports first case of deadly brain-eating amoeba infectionPAM is a rare but often fatal infection that can occur when contaminated water enters the nose and travels to the brain. Symptoms typically...27 Dec, 2022, 06.01 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
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