“Recreational water users should assume that Naegleria fowleri is present in warm freshwater across the United States; ...

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

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

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed. The person, who has not been publicly identified, was diagnosed with ...

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

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed the death of a Missouri man who contracted the “Brain-Eating” infection. The following is the press release issued ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Missouri adult who was diagnosed with a “brain eating” infection has died. It's an infection known as primary amebic ...