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

A 2-year-old Missouri girl drowned Wednesday morning in the Lake of the Ozarks after she wandered away from her home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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