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

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

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

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. The Missouri health ...

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...

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

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

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a rare, deadly brain infection. The ...

A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

A man is in the ICU after swimming in the Lake of the Ozarks, and the CDC says this amoeba can be deadly in the first 18 days ...

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