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 ...

open image in gallery The Lake of the Ozarks is located in central Missouri. Naegleria fowleri is often found in warm ...

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

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

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have ...

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

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

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed the death of a Missouri man who contracted the “Brain-Eating” infection. The following is the press release issued ...

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 ...