Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

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 TWELVE-year-old boy passed away after being infected by a brain-eating parasite while swimming in a lake. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after swimming in Lake Murray, a large reservoir in the US ...

Most people who come into contact with Naegleria fowleri never get sick. The amoeba can only infect a person when ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

On Tuesday, the parents of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student who died from a brain-eating amoeba, will ...

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