Roughly 16 percent of the 861 children whose mothers had Covid during their pregnancy received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis ...

A new study suggests that children of mothers who had COVID-19 during pregnancy are at 29% higher risk of neurodevelopmental ...

A person who went swimming in Missouri died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, as did a child who swam in Nebraska. Here are the signs to spot.

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

(NEXSTAR) – The family of a 12-year-old boy who died in South Carolina in July have confirmed his cause of death to be an infection associated with Naegleria fowleri, more commonly referred to as a ...

COLUMBIA — An infectious disease expert with MU Health Care said that while a severe brain infection caused by an amoeba is often deadly, it is extremely rare. Christian Rojas Moreno said the way to ...

Mothers who had COVID during pregnancy are more likely to have children with developmental disorders, including autism, by ...

The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child's recent death from a brain-eating amoeba. In a new conference Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina, Carr's parents said they ...

Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.

The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent ...

Two young New Yorkers who overcame traumatic brain injuries — including one who had to relearn how to walk — are using their ...

After a rare brain infection was confirmed in a Missouri resident, health officials warned recreationists across the state to assume the brain-eating amoeba that caused the infection is present in any ...