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

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

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

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

Rhode Island Judge Frank Caprio, whose empathy in court earned him fame online, dies at 88 Friends driving along road come ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks. Fewer than 10 cases of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Smithville Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol are searching a Northland pond in connection with the disappearance of a man who was last seen more than three years ago.

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare “brain-eating” infection has died.