Archie Musgrave became seriously unwell and spent days in a coma when he was just five-years-old ...

North Carolina health officials confirmed a teen died after contracting a rare, often fatal brain infection caused by ...

A North Carolina teenager died from a rare brain-eating amoeba just days after his mother said she took him to an emergency ...

Naegleria fowleri is found in warm freshwater. The disease is only fatal if the amoeba enters the brain through the nose and does not cause illness if swallowed.

So, Evangelynne, rushed seven-year-old, Junior, to hospital, where he was assessed, and cleared to go home. But in the weeks ...