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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

An adult Missouri resident is hospitalized in intensive care with a rare and often deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria ...

A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at Prisma Health Children's Hospital confirmed July 22 that they had a ...

Experts in the Midlands and across the state weighed in Tuesday after officials confirmed a deadly case involving a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina.

Local News Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after possible exposure at Lake Murray Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital confirms a patient died from a brain-eating amoeba.

A death from brain-eating amoeba infection has been confirmed in South Carolina, the state’s public health department said. Rare disease is almost always fatal.