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

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

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

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

The state Department of Public Health presumes a fatal case of brain-eating amoeba came from Lake Murray, but risk of such ...

The family of Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old South Carolina boy, mourns his devastating death after contracting a rare ...

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

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take ...

The family of a child who died on July 18 after contracting Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray came forward on Thursday, ...

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 ...

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