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.

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 ...

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba ...

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

A Missouri man died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

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

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 ...

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

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

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.