Based on preliminary information, they said, the Missouri victim appeared to have been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks ...

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 ...

Mom Ciera Chronister said this new liver means a new beginning for her now nine-month-old. She said the five-hour liver ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Wednesday that a patient who was diagnosed with a rare ...

The Smithville Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol are searching a Northland pond in connection with the ...

The City of Gladstone said it has partnered with GEST, a national transportation service, to launch a new on-demand, door-to-door ride program beginning Sept. 1.

Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating ...

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is conducting an invasive carp removal in the Platte River.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed the death of a patient after showing symptoms of a rare brain infection.

The Bull Shoals Lake bridge in Theodosia, Missouri, is up for free, but potential recipients must still have their wallets ...

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 ...