The patient contracted Naegleria fowleri while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, health officials said. Here's what we ...

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 rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba infection leads to a child’s death, prompting urgent public health warnings.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centre (CDC) states that the rare brain eating amoeba infection has proven 97% fatal, so far.

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent ...

Kerala's health department issues an alert as rare PAM cases, caused by the 'brain-eating amoeba,' surge in Kozhikode. Here's ...

A 12-year-old died on July 18, 2025, from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Murray in South Carolina, near a ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...