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

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

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

The last Missouri resident to die from the brain-eating infection was in July of 2022, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of Naegleria ...

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

KMBC-TV reports that officials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced an adult Missouri resident was diagnosed with a case of Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic single-cell ...

It is very unlikely to survive an infection by this amoeba that thrives in freshwater. Here’s what to know now if you live in ...

A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

The parents of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old who died July 18 from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake ...

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited ...

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