(WJW) — A 71-year-old woman died after developing a rare and deadly brain infection linked to using tap water from an RV’s water system at a Texas campground, federal health officials confirmed.

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A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny invader silently alters brain function without obvious symptoms. Beneath ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at ...

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“Latent herpes viruses have the potential to reactivate in people living with HIV which can lead to neuroinflammation and impact long-term brain health,” said Shirin Mazumder, MD, infectious diseases ...

Being infected with a brain-eating amoeba may not be on your list of potential threats when out for a summer swim - but it can and does happen. A patient at the Prisma Health Children's Hospital in ...

A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according to a new report from the Centers ...

The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) A Missouri man who became infected with a ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. In the premiere of HBO's big budget ...

The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...