LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KSNW) — A 2-year-old girl is dead after a drowning at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Health officials in Missouri say a resident has contracted a lab-confirmed case of what is commonly known as "brain-eating" ...

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

The Missouri Department of Health has begun an investigation into the brain-eating ameba after a person showed symptoms after ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare ...

As public health officials investigate the source of the exposure, it’s believed the patient went water skiing at the Lake of ...

STONE COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A teenager died in a drowning Thursday at Table Rock Lake. Missouri State Highway Patrol officials said a 16-year-old boy was swimming between docks on Table Rock Lake when ...

A Missouri resident remains in intensive care after health officials said she was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba.

The infection comes as Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina, died on July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria ...

The rare infection occurs when the ameba, naegleria fowleri, — which is found in fresh water — travels from the nose into the ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Across Missouri, reports of waterborne bacteria and related illnesses have been on the ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with what health officials described as a deadly "brain-eating infection" after ...