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

Naegleria fowleri, the rare, but deadly, so-called brain-eating amoeba, can be found in Pennsylvania's waters.

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 in South Carolina died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a deadly amoeba found in ...

A tragic death in South Carolina has reignited fears about the rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba. Experts warn the first ...

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

Rare cases of Naegleria fowleri can result in a severe infection in the brain, with infection fatal in around 95% of cases.

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, ...

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

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

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to ...