Brain-eating amoeba kills Missouri water-skier as health officials urge precautions when swimming in warm, fresh bodies of ...

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

A Missouri resident died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the ...

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

A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after public health officials ...

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

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 ...

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

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 in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...