Many North Carolina residents have heard stories of "brain-eating" amoebas and "flesh-eating" bacteria lurking in bodies of water. Is there any truth to these stories? Recent headlines have told the ...

For most people, swimming in a lake or river is the best way to cool off on a hot summer's day. But there are more than frogs and fish in those waters – microscopic pathogens that can cause serious ...

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, found in warm coastal waters, have caused deaths in North Carolina and Florida. Naegleria fowleri, known as the "brain-eating amoeba," lives in freshwater and can cause ...