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

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 ...

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed a rare case of brain infection linked to Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims someone who contracted a rare brain infection may have been ...

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

Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare deadly infection of the brain called ...

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" ...