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

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

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 brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

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 patient who was infected earlier this summer with a rare brain-eating amoeba has died from the infection, Missouri health officials announced Wednesday.

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the ...

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.