The Missouri Health Department announced Friday the discovery of a rare but life-threatening brain-eating infection in one Missouri resident. Called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), the ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a rare, deadly brain infection. The ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has confirmed that a Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a rare amoeba-caused brain infection. A release from the department states that the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living amoeba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — A Missouri resident has been diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced ...

An adult Missouri resident is hospitalized in intensive care with a rare and often deadly brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, state health officials said. The Missouri Department of Health ...

A 7-year-old boy in Tehama County, Calif., died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, a rare brain-eating amoeba, CBS News reports. Local health officials believe the child became infected ...