A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed a rare case of brain infection linked to Lake of the Ozarks.

The roughly $400 million project will include more than 20 acres dedicated to amusement rides as well as a water park.

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake ...

A 2-year-old Missouri girl drowned Wednesday morning in the Lake of the Ozarks after she wandered away from her home. The ...

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

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services claims someone who contracted a rare brain infection may have been ...

The last Missouri resident to die from the brain-eating infection was in July of 2022, after swimming in Lake of Three Fires ...

A 2-year-old girl drowned just after 10:30a.m. Wednesday at Lake of the Ozarks.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the ...

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

A new facility dedicated to workforce development in high-demand fields that power and feed Missouri communities opened on ...

The case of Naegleria fowleri — the scientific term for the amoeba — marks another confirmed U.S. infection this summer after ...