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 ...

Recently, a new case of Brain Eating Amoeba has been reported in America. This is a deadly infection, three cases of which were also reported in Kerala a few days ago. It is important to identify the ...

The Missouri patient who contracted an infection from a brain-eating amoeba has died, local officials confirmed. The patient passed away Tuesday at a hospital in the St. Louis, Missouri area, ...

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and tissue death. Fewer than 200 people have contracted the amoeba since 1962, but ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — 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 ...

A man infected with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, in Missouri has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Wednesday. The man died Tuesday at a St. Louis-area ...

A 10-year-old girl has died after her family says she contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a river near her home in Central Texas. Lily Avant, of Whitney, died nearly a week after ...

Naegleria fowleri, commonly called the brain-eating amoeba, is a rare but serious threat in warm freshwater during hot months. The amoeba enters through the nose and travels to the brain, causing a ...

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 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KHBS, KHOG) — 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 ...