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

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

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 child in South Carolina tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba infection after swimming in a local lake. Naegleria ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba, which is a one-celled organism that thrives in warm fresh water like lakes, ...

A child has died from a brain-eating amoeba at Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Midlands in South Carolina.