The unnamed individual is currently in intensive care in Missouri after contracting a rare and usually deadly brain infection ...

A person has been hospitalized after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular ...

"We have confirmed a rare brain infection in a Missourian caused by an ameba (also spelled amoeba) called Naegleria fowleri.

The deadly infection has been historically rare, but as climate change heats up waters and worsens flooding, research shows ...

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

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a deadly brain-eating infection after possibly waterskiing in a local lake.

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

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

A man is in the ICU after swimming in the Lake of the Ozarks, and the CDC says this amoeba can be deadly in the first 18 days ...

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

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.