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 ...

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

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a deadly brain-eating infection after possibly waterskiing in a local lake. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said that the patient ...

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A Missouri resident is in the hospital after contracting a rare and deadly "brain-eating" infection, according to state health officials. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said in ...

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

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

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

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