Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba has died.That individual had been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks ...

A Missouri adult is hospitalized with a rare brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, likely contracted while water skiing. Two Kansas children died from the same amoeba in 2011 and ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed the man with a brain-eating amoeba has died. According to DHSS, the man died on Tuesday, August 19 in a St. Louis-area ...

A Missouri man has died after becoming infected with a brain-eating amoeba, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday. The man died Aug. 19 at a St. Louis-area ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba." Infection occurs when water containing ...

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 ...

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri ...

The infection is called amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, and is also known as the "brain-eating" infection, according to the DHSS. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has ...