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 Missouri resident is in intensive care after officials confirmed they had contracted a rare and deadly infection after swimming at the Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri Department of Health and Senior ...

Following the success of the Netflix show "Ozark," which debuted in 2017 and followed a family on the run from drug lords in the Missouri Ozarks, tourism to the state's largest state park, the Lake of ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri health officials on Wednesday confirmed that a patient who contracted a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba at the Lake of the Ozarks has died. The patient died at a St.