Naegleria fowleri is a one-celled organism that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains is “often called the ...

"We have confirmed a rare brain infection in a Missourian caused by an ameba (also spelled amoeba) called Naegleria fowleri.

The unnamed individual is currently in intensive care in Missouri after contracting a rare and usually deadly brain infection ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

The man was rushed to intensive care after developing a rare condition that only seven people have survived just days after ...

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

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...

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 ...

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.

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

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

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Mohave County officials from Arizona sent specimens off to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) because they suspected a case of life-threatening ...