A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of ...

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 ...

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

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

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent ...

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) – A 3-year-old boy drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri on Sunday afternoon.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare ...

State troopers said the child entered the water from the back of an anchored boat and drowned. Just last week, a 2-year-old ...

St. Charles County Police arrested Louis Nicholas Saubers III at St. Charles High on Tuesday over a possession of child ...

A 3-year-old boy from Tuscumbia fell into the water Sunday afternoon at the Lake of the Ozarks and did not resurface.

Thousands of boat enthusiasts and partygoers will be attending the 37th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout this weekend, ...

This comes just five days after a 2-year-old girl from Gravois Mills, Missouri, a small town in Morgan County, also drowned ...