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

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 infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.

A person has been hospitalized after contracting a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a popular ...

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

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

A person in Missouri was diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba after water skiing. A local doctor joins ChicagoNOW to talk ...

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

The amoeba cannot survive in salt water, so there’s no risk of swimming in the ocean. Also, properly maintained swimming ...

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

The man was rushed to intensive care after developing a rare condition that only seven people have survived just days after ...