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

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

The average person shouldn't worry about brain-eating amoebas like the one recently diagnosed in the state, an MU infectious disease specialist said on Thursday.

As public health officials investigate the source of the exposure, it’s believed the patient went water skiing at the Lake of ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

An adult Missouri resident is hospitalized in intensive care with a rare and often deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria ...

The recent infection at Lake of the Ozarks is just the third the state has seen since data tracking began in the 1960s.