Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the ...

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.

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

A man is in the ICU after swimming in the Lake of the Ozarks, and the CDC says this amoeba can be deadly in the first 18 days ...

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

"We have confirmed a rare brain infection in a Missourian caused by an ameba (also spelled amoeba) called Naegleria fowleri.

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

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a lake Fewer than 10 cases are reported annually in the U.S., but almost all are deadly.

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.