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

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

The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater, including lakes, rivers and ponds. While health officials have not ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

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

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

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