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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare ...

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 ...

While the case was being investigated, officials reported that they believe the patient contracted the infection, commonly ...

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 ...

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.

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

The Smithville Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol are searching a Northland pond in connection with the disappearance of a man who was last seen more than three years ago.

The City of Gladstone said it has partnered with GEST, a national transportation service, to launch a new on-demand, door-to-door ride program beginning Sept. 1.