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

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. Infections are rare ...

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

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

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...

ST. LOUIS — A man is battling for his life at a St. Louis-area hospital after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba ...

A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

An infectious disease expert at the University of Missouri Health Care said the symptoms are pretty much like meningitis.

A health expert claims there is no “documented guideline” for treating a rare brain infection that the Department of Health ...