The microscopic amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater such as lakes, river and ponds. Test results by an independent lab confirmed the water is safe. (Free article.) Zoo staff hope their story ...

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 3-year-old boy from Tuscumbia, Missouri, drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks on Sunday, August 17, making it the seventh ...

A Missouri resident has contracted a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days prior.

State troopers said the child entered the water from the back of an anchored boat and drowned. Just last week, a 2-year-old ...

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) – A 3-year-old boy drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri on Sunday afternoon.

While health officials have not confirmed the cause of the resident’s infection, preliminary information indicates they were ...

A Missouri resident has died from a rare brain infection after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks.

St. Charles County Police arrested Louis Nicholas Saubers III at St. Charles High on Tuesday over a possession of child ...

Thousands of boat enthusiasts and partygoers will be attending the 37th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout this weekend, ...

This comes just five days after a 2-year-old girl from Gravois Mills, Missouri, a small town in Morgan County, also drowned ...

Fully depressed after looking at the photos of the crowded Lake of the Ozarks parties. I guess this means the rest of us have to stay in seclusion for a lot longer cuz you know at least some of ...