Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

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

A Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, the Missouri Department of ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited the Lake of the Ozarks. The patient is hospitalized in intensive care.

The unnamed individual is currently in intensive care in Missouri after contracting a rare and usually deadly brain infection ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced a case of an adult Missouri resident with a laboratory ...

A Missouri resident is hospitalized with a 97% fatal brain-eating amoeba infection, raising urgent questions: can it really ...

An adult Missouri resident has been hospitalized after contracting an extremely rare “brain-eating” infection.

Yesterday, officials from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that a case of a rare infection involving a brain eating amoeba has emerged within Missouri. This amoeba is ...