A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

The individual died on August 19 at a hospital in the St. Louis area, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ...

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba ...

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

A Missouri resident has died from a rare Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba", after water ...

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the ...

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend ...

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.