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

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

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

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

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

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

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

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

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

Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...