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

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

ST. LOUIS — A man is battling for his life at a St. Louis-area hospital after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba ...

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend ...

A man in Missouri contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba, and officials believe he likely got it while water skiing at the ...

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

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

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...

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

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...

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