Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, lives in warm freshwater and can enter the nose during water activities. Infections are rare but often fatal, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...