ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed.

Although not confirmed, preliminary information suggests the patient may have contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

Kansans have twice been killed by the type of brain-eating amoeba that recently infected a patient in Missouri, but officials ...

The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we ...

Infections from the Naegleria fowleri are ‘nearly always fatal,’ according to the CDC (CDC/Dr. James Roberts, Children’s ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent lab confirmed the water is safe. (Free article.) Zoo staff hope their story ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centre (CDC) states that the rare brain eating amoeba infection has proven 97% fatal, so far.

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and tissue death. Fewer than 200 people have contracted the amoeba since 1962, but ...

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

: On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that the patient being treated for PAM died ...