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

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

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

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

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

On May 29, the S.C. Department of Environmental Services requested the town of Chapin provide it with an action plan to alleviate the sewer overflow issue after two back-to-back overflows in May. All ...

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a rare, deadly brain infection. The ...

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...