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

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

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

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of the Ozarks. The patient is hospitalized in intensive care.

A Lake of the Ozarks swimmer recently contracted a rare and deadly infection, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said. Here's what we know.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced a case of an adult Missouri resident with a laboratory ...

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

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

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba are "very devastating." ...

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient has died from Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba.