The Missouri patient who contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba died on Tuesday, local authorities confirmed.

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

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 ...

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

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Fewer than 10 cases of ...

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

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

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 Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent lab confirmed the water is safe. (Free article.) Zoo staff hope their story ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection has died.