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, ...

Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

Jaysen Carr,12, tragically died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a popular South Carolina ...

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

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

Official records show 164 people in the US were infected with the disease between 1962 and 2023, of which only four survived.

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

The child is believed to have been exposed to the deadly organism while swimming in South Carolina's Lake Murray ...

Jaysen Carr, 12, sadly died after being struck down by a deadly bacterial infection whilst visiting Lake Murray in Columbia, ...

A 12-year-old boy has tragically died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba at a popular swimming spot. Jaysen Carr died on ...

After a deadly brain eating amoeba killed a child after they came in contact with hit at lake murray there are questions ...