A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

Nationwide, there have only been 167 cases of Naegleria fowleri in the past 62 years — but only four of those survived, ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...

The young boy from South Carolina who died from a brain-eating amoeba was identified, according to PEOPLE. 12-year-old Jaysen ...

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...

A patient at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a ...

Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student, died July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray in Columbia, S.C.

State health officials have confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, in South Carolina the week of July ...

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

In a tragic incident that has reignited health concerns, a child in South Carolina has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater bodies ...

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a pediatric patient in Columbia, South Carolina, has died from Naegleria fowleri, also ...