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

Jaysen Carr, a 12-year-old from the city of Columbia, died on July 18 after developing an infection associated with Naegleria ...

Funeral plans have been announced for the 12-year-old boy in South Carolina who died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as ...

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

A 12-year-old boy in South Carolina has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, the same infection linked to the deaths of a Texas woman earlier this year and a 3-year-old in Arlington in ...

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

The person in South Carolina contracted the infection from he Naegleria fowleri amoeba, commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba, after swimming in Lake Murray outside of Columbia, the state ...

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

The amoeba can be found in warm freshwater but occasionally has been detected in tap water. The South Carolina health agency ...

In a tragic incident that has reignited health concerns, a child in South Carolina has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater bodies ...

Dr. Anna-Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease physician in South Carolina, said infections with the Naegleria ...