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

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

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

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

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

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

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

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

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

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 ...