Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba ...

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba", after water ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

Although not confirmed, preliminary information suggests the patient may have contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Kansans have twice been killed by the type of brain-eating amoeba that recently infected a patient in Missouri, but officials say such cases are rare.

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and tissue death. Fewer than 200 people have contracted the amoeba since 1962, but ...

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

: On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that the patient being treated for PAM died ...