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

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

preliminary information indicates they were water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks shortly before falling ill, according to ...

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 ...

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

preliminary information indicates they were water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks shortly before falling ill, according to ...

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 ...

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

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

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

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