A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after public health officials announced that he had been infected. The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of ...

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

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

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

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Fewer than 10 cases of ...

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

The lawsuits, filed Wednesday, claim the companies neglected safety measures, causing a "completely preventable" outbreak that has killed at least five and sickened many more. Other states making news ...

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

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 ...

We've learned the person infected with a brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks has died. N.Y. Appeals Court Throws ...

Olivia Dildine is just nine months old, and last week, she received a new liver. Now, she’s recovering here at Children’s Mercy. “It gave me a sense of relief,” her mom, Ciera Chronister, said.

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