A child in South Carolina has died after being infected with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba.

A 12-year-old boy who died of a brain-eating amoeba was identified as Jaysen Carr. Carr was diagnosed with a deadly brain ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The case was initially confirmed the week of July 7, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.