Brain-eating amoeba kills Missouri water-skier as health officials urge precautions when swimming in warm, fresh bodies of ...

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this ...

A Missouri man died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Although not confirmed, preliminary information suggests the patient may have contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the ...

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis is caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, often referred to as a "brain-eating" amoeba due to its destructive impact on brain cells. While the infection is ...

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and ...

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...