Kansans have twice been killed by the type of brain-eating amoeba that recently infected a patient in Missouri, but officials ...

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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

: On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that the patient being treated for PAM died ...

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

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 ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a deadly brain-eating infection after possibly waterskiing in a local lake.

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