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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...