A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

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

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

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

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly ...

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

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.

State health officials have confirmed a case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, in South Carolina the week of July 7. It's the state's first confirmed case this year.

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

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

One person has died in South Carolina after recently contracting a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba that occurs naturally ...

P risma Health Children's Hospital Midlands in South Carolina, US, confirmed the death of a patient infected with Naegleria ...