A Missouri resident has died from a rare Naegleria fowleri infection, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba", after water ...

While health officials have not confirmed the cause of the resident’s infection, preliminary information indicates they were ...

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

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

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Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living ameba that can cause a rare deadly infection of the brain called ...

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 ...

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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare ...

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ...

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 ...