The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater, including lakes, rivers and ponds. While health officials have not ...

Man dies from brain-eating amoeba after water skiing in Lake of the Ozarks - There are fewer than 10 cases of the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba reported in the U.S. each year ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have confirmed.