The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed the death of a Missouri man who contracted the “Brain-Eating” infection. The following is the press release issued ...

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 ...

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ameba died on Tuesday, Aug. 19. According to a Missouri Department of Health ...

A patient who was infected earlier this summer with a rare brain-eating amoeba has died from the infection, Missouri health officials announced Wednesday.

The Missouri resident who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection last week has died, according to officials. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services made the announcement ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent ...

A Missouri adult who was diagnosed with a “brain eating” infection has died. It's an infection known as primary amebic ...

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

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that the patient died on August 19 at a hospital in St. Louis.

The microscopic, single-celled organism is commonly found in warm, fresh water such as lakes, rivers, and ponds, and thrives ...

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