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

One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting in Sandersville on Sunday night. Community members in South ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

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

Brain-eating amoeba is commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It also resides in poorly maintained or minimally chlorinated swimming pools, staying in these ...