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

The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we ...

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

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ameba died on Tuesday, Aug. 19. According to a Missouri Department of Health ...

The Missouri resident who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection last week has died, according to officials. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services made the announcement ...

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

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 person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

An adult Missouri resident is hospitalized in intensive care with a rare and often deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria ...