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

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health ...

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

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

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...

A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their young son, who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba from ...

Jaysen Carr’s visitation and funeral will take place Friday and Saturday in Columbia. His death has been linked to a rare ...

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

The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed Tuesday that the person who died from a brain-eating amoeba was ...

The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, thrives in warm freshwater during summer and causes a brain infection that is nearly always fatal.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has ...

South Carolina beach lightning strike injures 20 people at Lake Murray, highlighting increasing lightning dangers during summer activities as similar incidents occur in U.S.