Karachi woman dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba

Mar 11, 2025

A 36-year-old Karachi woman, Maryam Shakeel, died after contracting Naegleria, a brain-eating amoeba found in water. Health officials confirmed that low chlorine levels in...

NCDC, Kerala Health Department monitoring brain-eating amoeba situation closely: Official sources

Sep 12, 2025

Official sources confirmed that the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Kerala Health Department are closely tracking the situation after the state...

"Request everybody, don't take risk": Shashi Tharoor on rising cases of brain-eating amoeba in Kerala

Sep 21, 2025

Kerala has reported 69 Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) cases, and so far, 19 deaths have been confirmed this year. As on September 12, the...

'Brain-eating' amoeba claims life of 22-year-old in Pakistan's Karachi, makes it third such case this year

Jul 13, 2024

In a rare occurrence, a 22-year-old man died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in Karachi, taking the tally of casualties to three this year,...

Tamil Nadu Health Minister asks people not to panic, says current illness is seasonal and not 'brain-eating amoeba'

Sep 04, 2025

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has stated that there is no need for panic, such as wearing masks, in Tamil Nadu, and added...