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

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 ...

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

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 ...

commonly referred to as a “brain-eating amoeba,” while water skiing in Lake of the Ozarks. On Wednesday, health officials ...

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

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

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ...

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

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

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