Missouri resident dies from brain-eating amoeba after water skiing in Lake of the Ozarks - There are fewer than 10 cases of ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after ... Infections are “nearly always fatal,” according to the CDC ...

Although not confirmed, preliminary information suggests the patient may have contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the ...

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed. The person, who has not been publicly identified, was diagnosed with ...

The lawsuits, filed Wednesday, claim the companies neglected safety measures, causing a "completely preventable" outbreak that has killed at least five and sickened many more. Other states making news ...

Kansans have twice been killed by the type of brain-eating amoeba that recently infected a patient in Missouri, but officials ...

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 ...

A Missourian who contracted an amoeba that kills brain cells at the Lake of the Ozarks has died, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday. The Department of Mental Health ...

A patient who was infected earlier this summer with a rare brain-eating amoeba has died from the infection, Missouri health officials announced Wednesday.

By Chloe Godding Click here for updates on this story PLATTE COUNTY, Missouri (KMBC) — A physical education teacher in the Park Hill School District is facing charges after several middle school ...

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