The man was rushed to intensive care after developing a rare condition that only seven people have survived just days after the had been water-skiing on a lake ...

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

The average person shouldn't worry about brain-eating amoebas like the one recently diagnosed in the state, an MU infectious disease specialist said on Thursday.

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

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

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

A health expert claims there is no “documented guideline” for treating a rare brain infection that the Department of Health ...

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

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

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend ...

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

The recent infection at Lake of the Ozarks is just the third the state has seen since data tracking began in the 1960s.