A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

A Missouri man died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Although not confirmed, preliminary information suggests the patient may have contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the ...

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed. The person, who has not been publicly identified, was diagnosed with ...

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and ...

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

A Missouri man who became infected with a brain-eating amoeba has died less than one week after public health officials announced that he had been infected. The man had been waterskiing on the Lake of ...

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

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.