Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.

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

The family of a child who died on July 18 after contracting Naegleria fowleri in Lake Murray came forward on Thursday, ...

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

After a deadly brain eating amoeba killed a child after they came in contact with hit at lake murray there are questions ...

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

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

The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection ...

A young person in South Carolina has died after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray in the Columbia area.

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

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died last week after contracting a rare but deadly organism known as ...