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

Thousands of boat enthusiasts and partygoers will be attending the 37th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout this weekend, ...

While health officials have not confirmed the cause of the resident’s infection, preliminary information indicates they were ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent lab confirmed the water is safe. (Free article.) Zoo staff hope their story ...

The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this ...

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ...

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said the man who died had been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks in the ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed the death of a patient after showing symptoms of a rare brain infection.

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.