A person is hospitalized in St. Louis after contracting a rare infection from a deadly waterborne amoeba, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Wednesday. State health ...

A Missouri resident has been hospitalized with a rare brain-eating amoeba infection possibly linked to water-skiing at Lake of Ozarks, health officials confirmed.

Individuals become infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose from freshwater sources.

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. The Missouri health department says this is only the state's third case on record, but ...

The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds.

Missouri health officials are investigating how the person was exposed, but they may have been in the water at Lake of the Ozarks before becoming ill.

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced.

A brain-eating amoeba case in Missouri highlights the risks of warm freshwater activities, as health officials recommend preventing water from entering the nose.

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