Rhode Island Judge Frank Caprio, whose empathy in court earned him fame online, dies at 88 Friends driving along road come ...

A child in South Carolina also died from Naegleria fowleri , also known as a brain-eating amoeba. (CDC/Dr. James Roberts, ...

The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater ... open image in gallery The Lake of the Ozarks is located in central ...

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

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have ...

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.

: On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed that the patient being treated for PAM died ...