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

Brain-eating amoeba kills Missouri water-skier as health officials urge precautions when swimming in warm, fresh bodies of ...

The individual likely contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri ...

Naegleria fowleri lives in warm, fresh water and can enter the brain through the nose, where it causes inflammation and ...

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba has died. That individual had been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks ...

A Missouri man died Tuesday after contracting a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba while skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The man infected with a "brain-eating" amoeba died Tuesday in a St. Louis-area hospital. The Missouri health department said ...

A Missouri man’s lake outing has ended in tragedy. Local health officials announced this week that a resident died from a ...

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

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

In a tragic incident that highlights the dangers of waterborne pathogens, a patient in Missouri has died after contracting a rare infection caused by the deadly amoeba Naegleria fowleri. This case has ...