Who can forget George Gershwin’s memorable lyric “Summertime and the living is easy”? Summers meant picnics in the park, ...

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

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KSNW) — A 2-year-old girl is dead after a drowning at the Lake of the Ozarks.

As public health officials investigate the source of the exposure, it’s believed the patient went water skiing at the Lake of ...

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

The brisket deserves its own standing ovation—sliced to order with a bark (that’s barbecue-speak for the flavorful exterior ...

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

An infectious disease expert at the University of Missouri Health Care said the symptoms are pretty much like meningitis.

A health expert claims there is no “documented guideline” for treating a rare brain infection that the Department of Health ...

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

A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

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