A Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, the Missouri Department of ...

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

A Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, the Missouri Department of ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 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.