In 2005, Bass Pro Shops owner Johnny Morris was fishing on the Mississippi River with legendary angler Bill Dance and Bass ...

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A Missouri resident is hospitalized with a 97% fatal brain-eating amoeba infection, raising urgent questions: can it really ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo –Lake of the Ozarks State Park’s campground section 4 has undergone extensive renovations including new ...

A man is in the ICU after swimming in the Lake of the Ozarks, and the CDC says this amoeba can be deadly in the first 18 days ...

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

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

An adult Missouri resident has been hospitalized after contracting an extremely rare “brain-eating” infection.

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

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

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

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