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

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change has brought on many environmental complications, including the increasing presence of a brain-eating amoeba in ...

The amoeba cannot survive in salt water, so there’s no risk of swimming in the ocean. Also, properly maintained swimming ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.