preliminary information indicates they were water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks shortly before falling ill, according to ...

The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of the Ozarks in the days before contracting the infection, known as primary amebic ...

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

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

A Missouri man died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

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

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

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.

Earlier this month, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported that the patient was being treated.

Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare deadly infection of the brain called ...