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 Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a deadly brain-eating infection after possibly waterskiing in a local lake.

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

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

Missouri health officials confirmed a rare Naegleria fowleri brain-eating amoeba infection in a patient who recently visited ...